Fw: Ancient Planet

[LARRY KLAES]

----- Original Message ----- From: NASA Science News Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:39 PM To: NASA Science News Subject: Ancient Planet   NASA Science News for July 10, 2003 Some 13 billion years ago in a distant cluster of stars, a planet formed. Remarkably it's still there, according to astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope.  The confirmation of this ancient world means planets formed very early in the history of our universe--only one or two billion years after the Big Bang itself.  Orbiting a pair of burned-out stars in the crowded globular cluster "M4", the planet is too small to see from Earth. Backyard sky watchers can, however, see the star cluster in which it lives.  Read today's story for sky maps and more information. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/10jul_psrplanet.htm?list662745 This is a free service. Home page: http://science.nasa.gov