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Hubble captures Shadow Play caused by possible planet

Washington, Jan 10 (IBNS): Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. Theyre so small and faint that its hard to spot them. But a possible planet in a nearby stellar system may be betraying its presence in a unique way: by a shadow that is sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk surrounding a young star.

by IBNS January 10, 2017