02-04-2017, 06:29 PM
More news about detecting and imaging exoplanets, a field in which observatories on Mauna Kea are now taking a leading role:
"The race to image exoplanets heats up!"
http://www.universetoday.com/133220/race...ets-heats/
"However, as Dr. Thayne Currie – a research associate at the NOAJ – indicated, the Observatories on Mauna Kea are particularly well suited to the technology. “Mauna Kea is the best place on this planet to see planets in other stellar systems,” he said. “Now, we finally have an instrument designed to utilize this mountain’s special gifts and the results are breathtaking.”"
"The race to image exoplanets heats up!"
http://www.universetoday.com/133220/race...ets-heats/
"However, as Dr. Thayne Currie – a research associate at the NOAJ – indicated, the Observatories on Mauna Kea are particularly well suited to the technology. “Mauna Kea is the best place on this planet to see planets in other stellar systems,” he said. “Now, we finally have an instrument designed to utilize this mountain’s special gifts and the results are breathtaking.”"