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Astronomers Spy a New Planet-Like Object

TIME - Fri 4 Dec 09

Is it a planet? Is it a brown dwarf? Either way, astronomers say their direct image of newly identified planet-like object, orbiting a Sun-like star, is a big achievement

Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

Phys.org - Thu 3 Dec 09

An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to the sun.

Featured - Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery, Labspaces.net - Fri 4 Dec 09
Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery, e! Science News - Thu 3 Dec 09
Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery, R&D Mag - Thu 3 Dec 09
Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery, Eurekalert - Thu 3 Dec 09

Cool find in hunt for exoplanets

BBC News - Thu 3 Dec 09

Astronomers have spotted what may prove to be the coolest planet outside our Solar System that has ever been seen directly.

Pictured: First direct image of planet orbiting a star similar to our sun

Daily Mail - Fri 4 Dec 09

An international team of scientists has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to our Sun.

First Photo Taken of Object Around Sun-Like Star, Scientists Say

Livescience - Thu 3 Dec 09

Scientists reveal what they call the first direct image of a planet-like object orbiting a sun-like star.

First Photo Taken of Object Around Sun-Like Star, Scientists Say, SPACE.com - Thu 3 Dec 09

The first portrait of a cool planet

Eurekalert - Mon 7 Dec 09

Max Planck astronomers have succeeded in directly imaging a faint object that orbits a sun-like star.

Subaru Spots Tiny Companion To Sun-Like Star

SpaceDaily - Mon 7 Dec 09

Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 - An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting ...

Staring at a sun directly, making historic discovery

R&D Mag - Fri 4 Dec 09

It could be either be a large planet at least 10 times the size of Jupiter or a brown dwarf star, but object GJ 758 B is the first extraterrestrial body to have been discovered orbiting a star ...

Staring at the sun directly, making historic discovery, R&D Mag - Fri 4 Dec 09

First direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting star similar to sun

ScienceDaily - Fri 4 Dec 09

Scientists have made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to the sun.

Major Discovery From Team Using Subaru Telescope

RedOrbit - Thu 3 Dec 09

First finding as part of new research collaborationAn international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like ...