O/T Extrasolar planets

suave harv Apr 22, 2006 10:28:35

They're building a telescope that'll be able to 'see' planets outside our own solar system.

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/work_begins_mgto.html

We've known about extrasolar planets for ten years, but this baby, they reckon, will be able to see them.
Pretty amazing times we're living in eh?

suave harv Apr 22, 2006 10:32:43

Replying to suave harv

That link's a bit old. Here's the latest news from the Independent yesterday

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article359130.ece

I wonder how much detail they'll see? Very little I should imagine. But just think, pictures of planets in other solar sytems, around other suns. It's fantastic!