60-year-old solar mystery finally solved

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 19:56 in Astronomy & Space

The search for planets beyond our solar system may be a little easier, thanks to a new comparison of sun-like stars that has revealed a key difference in the chemistry of stars that have planets and their barren cousins and solved a long-standing mystery about our own sun's chemistry. Solar System - Star - Chemistry - Astronomy - Sun

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