Astronomy
According to NPR, in Chile, a new powerful telescope is going to construct that will have a good shot at finding the mysterious Planet X, if it exists."Planet X is kind of a catchall name given to any speculation about an unseen companion orbiting the sun," says Kevin Luhman, an astronomer at Penn State University.For more than a century, scientists have observed various things that they thought could be explained by the presence of an unknown planet at the edge of our solar system.
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- A Nearby Watery Planet
A new rocky planet, GJ 1214b, has been found very close to the solar system, one of a few hundred exoplanets currently known. Making this discovery special, though, is that the planet contains water, being almost completely covered by it, and that its...
- Carbon Dioxide On Extrasolar Planet
Artist's View of the Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b orbiting the star HD 189733 Just a short while ago, the Hubble Space Telescope took the first visible-light photograph of an extrasolar planet, a planet outside our solar system. Now just recently,...
- Hubble Takes First Image Of An Extrasolar Planet
An artist's concept of Fomalhaut b The image on the left is the first visible-light photograph of a planet orbiting another star, an extrasolar planet. It was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The planet, named Fomalhaut b, orbits the star Fomalhaut....
- Secrets Of Dark Universe May Be Unveiled Soon
The ambitious international astrophysics project LSST's [Large Synoptic Survey Telescope] construction has been officially begun at a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th. The telescope will start it's operations...
- 'statue Of Liberty' Sized Asteroid May Hit Earth In October 2017.
Astronomers have warned that a " Statue of Liberty" sized asteroid may hit Earth in October 2017. According to DailyStar, astronomer Dr Judit Györgyey-Ries from the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, believes the giant rock...
Astronomy
Hunting of Planet X may start soon.
According to NPR, in Chile, a new powerful telescope is going to construct that will have a good shot at finding the mysterious Planet X, if it exists."Planet X is kind of a catchall name given to any speculation about an unseen companion orbiting the sun," says Kevin Luhman, an astronomer at Penn State University.For more than a century, scientists have observed various things that they thought could be explained by the presence of an unknown planet at the edge of our solar system.
- A Nearby Watery Planet
A new rocky planet, GJ 1214b, has been found very close to the solar system, one of a few hundred exoplanets currently known. Making this discovery special, though, is that the planet contains water, being almost completely covered by it, and that its...
- Carbon Dioxide On Extrasolar Planet
Artist's View of the Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b orbiting the star HD 189733 Just a short while ago, the Hubble Space Telescope took the first visible-light photograph of an extrasolar planet, a planet outside our solar system. Now just recently,...
- Hubble Takes First Image Of An Extrasolar Planet
An artist's concept of Fomalhaut b The image on the left is the first visible-light photograph of a planet orbiting another star, an extrasolar planet. It was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The planet, named Fomalhaut b, orbits the star Fomalhaut....
- Secrets Of Dark Universe May Be Unveiled Soon
The ambitious international astrophysics project LSST's [Large Synoptic Survey Telescope] construction has been officially begun at a traditional stone-laying ceremony outside La Serena, Chile on April 14th. The telescope will start it's operations...
- 'statue Of Liberty' Sized Asteroid May Hit Earth In October 2017.
Astronomers have warned that a " Statue of Liberty" sized asteroid may hit Earth in October 2017. According to DailyStar, astronomer Dr Judit Györgyey-Ries from the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, believes the giant rock...