Astronomers directly image massive star's 'super-Jupiter'

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 11:00 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a "super-Jupiter" around the bright star Kappa Andromedae, which now holds the record for the most massive star known to host a directly imaged planet or lightweight brown dwarf companion.

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