The First-Ever Image Of Multiple Planets Orbiting a Sun-Like Star Unveiled

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ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile captured the first-ever photo of multiple planets orbiting a Sun-like star (Credit: ESO/J. Girard / CC By-SA-4.0 Creativecommons.org)

While astronomers have discovered evidence of thousands of exoplanets, obtaining direct images of the distant worlds has always been a challenge. That's because the planets tend to huddle close to the star they orbit and often get concealed by their star's dazzling light. Of the handful of images captured, most are of a single planet orbiting a Sun-like star. The only two multi-planet systems photographed feature brown dwarfs, or "failed stars," which are radically different in nature from the Sun. Now, an international team of scientists may have finally captured a young, Sun-like star with two giant Jupiter and Saturn-like planets in orbit.

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  • layla_dogonews
    layla_dogonews4년 이상
    Amazing!!!!!!
    • bukygaku-160130706681
      bukygaku-1601307066815년 이하
      So cool
      • flamminghawk904
        flamminghawk9045년 이하
        WOW just wow that's amazing!
        • springbonnie
          springbonnie5년 이하
          wow
          • zaraccccc
            zaraccccc5년 이하
            WOW
            • cm2
              cm25년 이하
              WoW
            • ihave10deadcats
              ihave10deadcats5년 이하
              Wow the stuff nature can create and do!
              • bunnie_kitty
                bunnie_kitty5년 이하
                Its like a miniature version of the solar system! Wowiiiiieeee!
                • alphacloudmike
                  alphacloudmike5년 이하
                  My. I think so wolfsong. There's something called Planet 9, and only the two most powerful telescope can see it.
                  • wolfsong
                    wolfsong5년 이하
                    Do you guys think that since there's another sun-like star, that there's other planets like Earth, with other civilizations?
                    • layla_dogonews
                      layla_dogonews4년 이상
                      I rally want that to be true but we have to discover first.
                      • peloquin
                        peloquin4년 이상
                        I always think that
                        • dogogemi
                          dogogemi5년 이하
                          Imagine if all the stars in the sky equal 1 solar system, that would be trillions of solar systems with who-knows-what?! There are so many chances of life like us in those trillions of galaxies, or be could just be that one-in-a-billion. :O
                          • layla_dogonews
                            layla_dogonews4년 이상
                            not quite maybe like us beacuse we might be the only humans but I have hope that it can be posible.Basically
                          • ttatte
                            ttatte5년 이하
                            it would be quite near impossible for it to be habitable though...
                            • bunnie_kitty
                              bunnie_kitty5년 이하
                              Yeah, this is evidence.
                            • stayweirdlynn
                              stayweirdlynn5년 이하
                              Probably, it is the only explanation that makes sense