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Space.com- 6/3/12, Miriam Kramer

 

 

 

A newly discovered gaseous planet has been directly photographed orbiting a star about 300 light-years from Earth. Imaging alien planets is difficult, and this world may be the least massive planet directly observed outside of the solar system, scientists say.

 

For more on this story please see Space.com [2]

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[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/earth-space-weather