Posts Tagged ‘gas giant’
My god, it’s full of snooker stars
U. WARWICK / U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system. It resembles—and may have once behaved like—a game of snooker. Continue…
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 12:56 - 1 Comment
Science & Technology - Jul 29, 2010 11:08 - 5 Comments
Alien planets dance around dying star
CALTECH/U. FLORIDA (US)—While most extrasolar planets orbit too far from one another to feel each other’s gravity, researchers have found two systems with pairs of gas giant planets locked in an orbital embrace. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 11:55 - 1 Comment
Seeing blue in search for Earth-like planets
This artist’s impression shows a gas-giant exoplanet transiting across the face of its star. (Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
