From: "Robert Comer" 

> Actually, one of the goals of the Next-Generation Space Telescope (NGST)
now
> in development _is_ to look for Earth-like planets orbiting around other
> stars. NGST is supposed to have resolution power several times that of the
> Hubble Space Telescope, and since NGST operates above the light-refracting
> interference of the Earth's atmosphere, the possibility of seeing several
> planets orbiting around nearby stars isn't impossible.

True, but we have to wait on it... :(

- Bob Comer  


"Raymond Chuang"  wrote in message
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> "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > This is cool not because of the possibility but because up till now they
> > have only been able to detect these where the planet was in a close
orbit
> so
> > the star wobble was much greater, capabilities are increasing and as
that
> > happens they will find a whole lot more solar systems similar enough to
> ours
> > to be possibilities.
>
> Actually, one of the goals of the Next-Generation Space Telescope (NGST)
now
> in development _is_ to look for Earth-like planets orbiting around other
> stars. NGST is supposed to have resolution power several times that of the
> Hubble Space Telescope, and since NGST operates above the light-refracting
> interference of the Earth's atmosphere, the possibility of seeing several
> planets orbiting around nearby stars isn't impossible.
>
> --
> Raymond Chuang
> Mountain View, CA USA
>
>

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