Young Sun-like Star Companion Confirmed: July 4th 2010 APOD

apod.nasa.gov — The first direct image of an extrasolar planet orbiting a star similar to our Sun has been confirmed. Located just 500 light-years away toward the constellation Scorpius, the parent star, cataloged as 1RXS J160929.1-210524, is only slightly less massive and a little cooler than the Sun. The star is however much younger, a few million years old... Jul 4, 2010 View in Crawl 4