Planet orbiting a giant red star discovered with hobby-eberly telescope

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The Hobby-Eberly Telescope one of the largest and most powerful telescopes in the world photographed at dusk by Penn State Astronomer Lawrence W. Ramsey a leader in the conception design construction and operation of the telescope. Credit: Lawrence W ...
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope, one of the largest and most powerful telescopes in the world, photographed at dusk by Penn State Astronomer Lawrence W. Ramsey, a leader in the conception, design, construction and operation of the telescope. Credit: Lawrence W. Ramsey, Penn State

A planet orbiting a giant red star has been discovered by an astronomy team led by Penn State's Alex Wolszczan, who in 1992 discovered the first planets ever found outside our solar system. The new discovery is helping astronomers to understand what will happen to the planets in our solar system when our Sun becomes a red-giant star, expanding so much that its surface will reach as far as Earth's orbit.


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