500 exo-comets discovered

[Frida Space]

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share with you this cool discovery, in case you missed it: ESO's La Silla Observatory has found 500+ comets orbiting another star, Beta Pictoris! The quality of the data obtained is so high that scientis have been able to divide these comets into two different families. One of these families is controlled by the gravity of a massive planet, 4 to 11 times more massive than Jupiter.

Full story: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1432/

[notsosmart]

Thanks for sharing! Great story!!

[Scotius]

Man, i remember the times when some scientists doubted existence of extrasolar planets - because they could not find even one Now astronomers are counting comets orbiting other stars - I LOVE XXI CENTURY! Now it's time to discover extraterrestial life