Photo captures three planets by distant sun

World Science for November 13, 2008 reported on photographs of three planets going around a nearby star.

Mem­bers of Marois’ group said they de­vel­oped an ad­vanced com­put­er pro­cess­ing meth­od that helped dis­tin­guish the plan­ets from the star­light. Their find­ings ap­pear in the Nov. 13 is­sue of Sci­ence Ex­press, the ad­vance on­line edi­tion of the re­search jour­nal Sci­ence.