Did you know that three hours ago scientists found a star with planets that might be earth-sized?

Did you know that three hours ago scientists found a star with planets that might be earth-sized? They are larger than Pluto, but smaller than Jupiter. Earth-sized planets are a rare find. In my opinion this is a great discovery because thus far we haven't found many planets that could be earth sized. We always expected that earth sized planets exist. The planets that we just found may fit that category. Astronomers discovered these planets in the Au Microscopii dust ring. One other amazing thing is that we only found these planets by looking at clumps of dust that surround the planets. We might not have discovered them if those dust rings didn't exist. I think that it's amazing that we can see stars that are 33 light-years away, but I suspected that we should be able to see planets by something other than the dust around them.

I know that I should be more impressed with our telescopes, but humans have been studying the stars for thousands of years and I think we should be able to see the planets in the Au Microscopii system by now. I may just be impatient, however. Even though I think that we should have the technology to see the planets in Au Microscopii, I can’t deny that our technology is very advanced. I don't think that we're very far from developing more advanced technology.

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Posted by Danny at August 12, 2004 05:26 PM