Astronomers find new planet

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Astronomers find new planet

By Benito Baeza

Story Published: Nov 14, 2008 at 9:22 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 14, 2008 at 9:23 PM CST

11/14/08

Astronomers have found a new planet and it's not in our own solar system but it is very close,

Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets, images captured by two teams of astronomers.

The pictures show four likely planets are (t) trillions of miles away - three of them are orbiting the same star, and the fourth circling a different star.

"There are 326 known planets known out side our solar system up until now the majority of them have never been directly seen. the problem is imaging these things is a lot like trying to image a fire fly next to a spot light," says Chris Anderson from the CSI Herrett Center

This can be seen from Idaho if you look directly south just above the horizon. It'll be the brightest star you see. We'll have more on this story at ten

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