The sun is starting to set, turning cloud wisps neon red in the dimming light.

太阳就要落下去了，余光将云微微的变成红色。

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Renowned planet hunters Geoffrey Marcy and Paul Butler made the dramatic announcement last week that they had seen a dimming in the light coming from HD 209458 and said it was caused by a planet passing in front of the star.

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But the German light is dimming, too.

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Astronomers detected the new planet as it crossed the face of the distant "sun", dimming the star's light as it passed in front.

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