Date Range
Date Range
Date Range
Saturday, December 5, 2015. At the time of the incident, I believe the Harlan Smith Telescope was only two years old and one of the largest telescopes in the world. Thursday, December 3, 2015. The NY Times just posted an article. Wednesday, December 2, 2015. New Visualization of Known Exoplanet Systems. Wednesday, November 11, 2015. The Search for Another Earth.
Sunday, November 1, 2015. Saturns moon as spotted through Cassini. As we can see the two images are hard to distinguish, but believe it or not, the one on the left was shot in 1988! As the other was shot in 2005.
PHYS 111 - Astrophysics Fall 2015-2016. Tuesday, December 1, 2015. For the first time, astronomers have been able to detect the birth of a planetary system. They suggest that these systems are formed from pieces of hot dust and gas particles. These astronomers were able to find two protoplanets, which are smaller objects that become planets.
Monday, December 7, 2015. Astronomers found that the planet HD 189733b has winds traveling at 5400 mph from the hotter side to the cooler side. Red Dwarf With a Strong Magnetic Field. A red dwarf star, TVLM 513-46546, has a very strong magnetic field. You can read about it here. Sunday, December 6, 2015. They also discovered that red giants have strong magn.
Friday, November 6, 2015. When I consider the types of food astronauts eat in space I typically think of dehydrated substances such as ice cream.