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May. 20, 2011
Exoplanets Floating Freely, Without A Star
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| Reporting in Nature, researchers write of ten newly discovered exoplanets that appear to be very distant from their stars, or not orbiting them at all. Astronomer Joachim Wambsganss and planetary scientist Sara Seager talk about the discovery, and whether such planets could support life. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Joachim Wambsganss
Professor, Astronomy
Director, Center for Astronomy
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany -
Sara Seager
Professor, Planetary Science
Professor, Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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