New Dust Distribution Analysis Method Allows
Easy Observation of Extrasolar Planets

August 13, 2000  Astronomers are asserting that the distinct distribution of dust around stars can be used to search for planets and to determine  some of their properties.  In fact, this new analysis and discovery method has led to a spate of recent discoveries of exoplanets. The pictures below represent the kind of patterns one sees. Please click here to read more about this new method.

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Dust Distribution Around Selected Stars