NASA supercomputer shows how dust rings point to exo-Earths
Friday, October 10, 2008 - 12:14
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points to a new avenue in the search for habitable planets.
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