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Three new planets and a mystery discovered outside our solar system

Three new planets and a mystery discovered outside our solar system

Three planets — each orbiting its own giant, dying star — have been discovered by an international research team led by a Penn State University astronomer. Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, the astronomers observed the planets’ parent stars — called HD 240237, BD +48 738, and HD 96127 — tens of light years away from our solar system.

Read more in PSU press release.

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