A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun
The last time I looked, ALL stars, except Sol, are light years "beyond the Sun". And, it'd better stay that way. Who wrote this, a 3nd grader? For 2nd graders?
Anyway, you are right - even in our own Solar System, actual findings have been a surprise at almost every turn, with a GREAT deal still unknown or hotly debated...
“Beyond the sun. . . “ You spotted that howler, too, eh? I was almost ROTFLMAO! over that one. Do they seriously mean this particular star is just over-that-away, looking beyond the sun, or is it out that-away, in some other direction??? Can we all spell “Hyperbole”, boys and girls? Paul R. and I, can.