Glow of Alien Planets Detected in 'Milestone' Observations

Moderate Mammal wrote:

I have an obvious question. If you take a look at the artist's
pictorial in the link below..how is that possible? Is it simply a
matter of centripetal force?

http://tinyurl.com/4d4hy

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/03...et_direct.html

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How is what possible? If you mean that the planet seems partly
submerged in the star, it isn't supposed to be: it's intended to be
shown passing (or re-emerging from) behind the star, as if seen from
quite close up.

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Odysseus