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...team of astronomers, including Harvard’s Massimo Marengo, found a triple-ring system surrounding Epsilon Eridani, the ninth closest star to the Sun. The rings suggest the existence of three or more planets around the star, according to their paper, which will be published in a forthcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal...
...inner ring appears identical in composition and mass to the asteroid belt in our solar system located between Mars and Jupiter, and the outer one is 20 astronomical units from Epsilon Eridani—about the distance from Uranus to the Sun. The outer ring of icy mini-planets surrounding Epsilon Eridani is similar to the Kuiper Belt that is located just beyond Pluto...
...search for extraterrestrial life. Deemed one of the “Fabulous Four” by the Spitzer telescope team, Epsilon Eridani is one of four stars that have debris disks—a sign that planets may have formed. The star shares many physical similarities with the Sun, but it is only 850 million years old compared to the Sun’s 4.5 billion...
...provides a window like a time machine to see what was happening to the Sun at the same age that life was starting on Earth,” Marengo said...
...pale tear-stained face sink beneath the billowing waves and went in search of him. She realized, too late, as the bottom disappeared from beneath her feet, that she did not know how to swim. But, as she looked up to the bright glimmer of the setting sun, she continued to walk on as though her feet were buoyed up by the water.The river, it must be admitted, was somewhat shallow. Nonetheless, Frederick seemed to be managing to drown. So as the sun sparkled with full force upon the surface of the water, Roxanna dove down and her hands found...