Thursday, 22 January 2015

Telescope to seek dust where other Earths may lie

Telescope to seek dust where other Earths may lie


The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the 'habitable zone' around a star, opening a new door to finding planets like Earth. Dust is a natural byproduct of the planet-formation process, but too much of it can block our view of planets.

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