Telescope to seek dust where other Earths may lie
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 08:10
in Astronomy & Space
The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the "habitable zone" around a star, opening a new door to finding planets like Earth. Dust is a natural byproduct of the planet-formation process, but too much of it can block our view of planets.