Astronomers in Hawaii Discover Giant Planet

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Originally posted by TomK

Thanks for that, Opihikao. Finding a planet this young is extraordinary. In astronomical terms, 5 to 10 million years is the blink of an eye, it's almost like being present for a birth!

In other recent news, UKIRT helped discover three earth-like planets orbiting a star not too far away:

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/promising-wo...dwarf-star

We'll be doing more observations like this at the end of July, so more earth-like planets might be found soon.

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Tom, this is really cool []

Pam in CA