Posts Tagged ‘planets’
18 Jupiter-like planets orbit massive stars
CALTECH (US) — A team of astronomers have found 18 Jupiter-like planets—the largest collection ever confirmed—in orbit around “retired” stars that are one and a half times more massive than the Sun. Continue…
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 12:27 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Mar 9, 2011 12:50 - 1 Comment
Small stars born while parent sleeps
CARDIFF / U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — New computer models simulating the behavior of young stars open a window into the formation of smaller, low-mass stars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 16, 2010 12:24 - 0 Comments
Front row seat in hunt for exoplanets
YALE (US) — A new online science project will allow ordinary citizens to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 11, 2010 13:49 - 0 Comments
Far-out rocky planet is volcanic wasteland
U. WASHINGTON—When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 21, 2009 17:14 - 0 Comments
Brown dwarf pair mystifies astronomers
PENN STATE (US)—Two brown dwarf-sized objects orbiting a giant old star show that planets may assemble around stars more quickly and efficiently than anyone thought possible, according to an international team of astronomers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 29, 2009 15:52 - 1 Comment
Missing planets? Signs point to killer stars
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Astronomers during the past two decades have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. They might have found more, except some of the planets appear to be missing. New research suggests stars—and their gravitational tug—may be to blame. (more…)
