Lankans among scientists discovering two new planets

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Scientists of the Arthur C
Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies have discovered two planets orbiting around a star located 1,133 light years from Earth in the
constellation Virgo, a statement from the centre said.In a first for Sri Lanka, local scientists were part of the discovery team
Mahesh Herath, Saraj Gunasekera and Dr
Chandana Jayaratne of the Colombo University and 11 other foreign scientists contributed to this discovery.