Posted on 01/13/2010 5:59:01 PM PST by KevinDavis
For the first time, astronomers have directly detected the light signature of a planet orbiting an almost sun-like star. This signature can tell scientists the chemical makeup of the planet, which can help them understand how it formed. in the future these signatures could be used to look for signs of life on other planets.
The planet is a giant, about 10 times as massive as Jupiter, and it orbits between two other giants around a star similar to our sun in a scaled-up version of our own solar system.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Can we send Obama there to Socialize them instead of us?
Maybe NASA can send the people depressed over the movie Avatar there?
“Chocolate at the center of the Milky Way?”
That’s not funny. Don’t EVER joke about chocolate. (See my tagline.) :)
What’s really funny (or sad depending on how you look at it) is the fact that I thought of you when he said it. LOL
It was me.
It’s REALLY dark out here in the Boonies, and when I walk the dogs at night, I take a Maglite with me.
When I get bored, waiting for them to roust out a rabbit or a pheasant, I shine my flashlight toward Heaven...just for something to do.
Sorry I screwed up all the data and all... *SNORT*
It’s that mind-meld thing you and I have. :)
Or else it’s the endless hours we WASTE here when we could be productive citizens, LOL!
Ten times more massive than Jupiter sounds like its maybe in brown dwarf territory. If such is the case, its also radiating a good amount of IR, although mostly from contraction, not from fusion. Not massive enough, however some brown dwarves may have fusion due to deuterium or lithium. That process does not last too long however - runs out of fuel.
FTL, inertial dampeners?
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