Artist's Rendering of Exoplanet Orbiting Sun-like Star (IMAGE)

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Artist's Rendering of Exoplanet Orbiting Sun-like Star

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This is an artist's conception of a hypothetical exoplanet orbiting a yellow, sun-like star. Astronomers have measured the ages of 22 sun-like stars using their spins, in a method called gyrochronology. Before now, only two Sun-like stars had measured spins and ages.

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David A. Aguilar (CfA)

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