![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923125127im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Finally, the 'Planet' in Planetary Nebulae?
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March 10, 2008
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Astronomers at the University of Rochester, home to one of the world's largest groups of planetary nebulae specialists, have announced that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may be responsible for creating some of the most breathtaking objects in the sky.
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Source University of Rochester
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