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2007-09-16 10:05:54
AMES, Iowa -- An international team of astronomers that includes Steve Kawaler of Iowa State University has announced the first discovery of a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life.The announcement, culminating seven years of research, will be published in the Sept. 13 issue of the journal Nature.The news provides a preliminary picture of what could be the Earth's destiny in four to five billion years. That's when the sun will exhaust its hydrogen fuel, expand enormously as a red...
