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2:57 am
Tue August 7, 2007
New Planet Discovered at Lowell
Credit Jeffrey Hall, Lowell Observatory
A computer-generated simulation of TrES-4, with its host star on the right.
By Geoff Norcross
Flagstaff, AZ – Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff is announcing the discovery of the largest known planet in the universe. Astronomers say it's about 70 percent larger than Jupiter. Arizona Public Radio's Geoff Norcross reports.

