U.S. scientists have
found indication for the first time that there are planets that can form and
survive around stars similar to the sun regardless of forming part of dense
clusters of stars, NASA announced.
Astronomers discovered
two orbits similar to Jupiter in the Beehive Cluster, a group of about 1,000
stars that seem to swarm around a common center.
"This has been a
great puzzle for planet hunters," said Sam Quinn, a doctoral student in
Astronomy at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and author of the paper
describing the results.
