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Old 11-April-2008, 04:37 AM
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We can discover extra-solar planets, but only by measuring gravitational effects. Not direct observation. Most of the ones we have found are bigger than Jupiter.
We have direct observations of some now. Look up brown dwarf on wikipedia, you'll be happy to see an image. Cool stuff.
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