Star Survey

Here is an artist’s rendition of planets orbiting a sun-like star. A University of Florida-led sky survey announced Jan. 10, 2008, may double the number of known planets outside the solar system. The survey, which will use a UF-developed interferometer to scour 11,000 stars for possible planets, is part of a major new initiative announced at the at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas. Other surveys in the initiative will seek to learn more about mysterious dark energy, map the Milky Way and examine the origins of stars.

(T. Riecken)
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