This page contains links to on-line stories about FUSE results on Beta Pictoris, from June 2006.
Caption: This image of the circumstellar disk around the southern star Beta Pictoris was obtained with the 3.6-m telescope and the Grenoble Observatory coronograph. It shows (in false colors) the light reflected by dust around the young star at infrared wavelengths. The disk is very close to edge-on. This is a coronagraphic image, meaning that light from the bright central star was blocked out during observation making it easier to see the relatively faint dust. The Beta Pic disk is very likely an infant solar system in the process of forming terrestrial planets. [June 1997] Credit: Jean-Luc Beuzit, et al. Grenoble Observatory, European Southern Observatory. (See the NASA News support site for this press release for more visuals.)
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- 7 June 2006:
NASA'S FUSE Finds Infant Solar System Awash in Carbon, (NASA News
Release).
Also see the NASA News support site for this press release HERE.
Also covered by:
- Nearby Star System Could Spawn Carbon-Rich Planets, at National Geographic site, June 8, 2006.
- Infant Solar System Drenched In Carbon, by Irene Klotz, at the Discovery Channel site, June 8, 2006.
- Baby Solar System Found Full Of Carbon, released by United Press International, June 8, 2006.
- Mysterious Carbon Excess Found In Infant Solar System, at PhysOrg.com site , June 8, 2006.
- New, Rocky Planets May Be Around Star, by Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle, June 8, 2006.
- Star's Planets Might Have Mountains Of Diamonds, by Ker Than, SPACE.com site , June 8, 2006.
- Primeval solar system discovered, at Mail & Guardian site, June 8, 2006.
- Mysterious carbon excess found in infant solar system, at physorg.com news site, June 8, 2006.
- Baby Solar System Found Full of Carbon, at Science.com News site , June 8, 2006.
- Young Star May Be Encircled By Diamond Studded Planets, by David McAlary, at the Voice of America site, June 9, 2006.
- Primeval Solar System Discovered, at AFP site, June 9, 2006.
- Star's Dusty Disc Could Create Exotic Worlds, by Maggie McKee, New Scientist site, June 9, 2006.
- The Birth Of Carbon Planets?, by Selby Cull, at Sky & Telescope site, June 9, 2006.
- Mysterious carbon excess found in infant solar system, at Hindu News Update Service, June 9, 2006.
See the NASA News support site for this press release for more visuals.
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