Posted on 06/14/2013 9:24:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The astronomers made Hubble Space Telescope observations over a wide range of wavelengths from visible to near infrared and modeled the color and structure of the disk in a way that has not been done before. They found a deficit of disk material, or partial gap, at about 80 astronomical units (AU) (1 AU is the Earth/Sun distance). Their models indicate that the depression is about 20 AUs wide, just slightly wider than necessary for a planet-opening gap and consistent with a planet of between 6 and 28 Earth masses. The feature is seen at all wavelengths indicating it is structural and not a local compositional difference. The team believes the evidence is strong for planet formation causing the gap.
"TW Hydrae is between 5 and 10 million years old, and should be in the final throes of planet formation before its disk dissipates," remarked coauthor Alycia Weinberger of the Carnegie Institution and principal investigator of the observations. "It is surprising to find a planet only 5 to 10% of Jupiter's mass forming so far out since planets should form faster closer in. In all planet formation scenarios, it's difficult to make a low-mass planet far away from a low mass star."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailygalaxy.com ...
Monsters from the ID.
Well then the theory is wrong, you idiots!
“As apposed to say...Ignorant superstition.”
apposed means ‘like’, or the same, or the ‘opposite of the opposite’.
You just equated science with ignorant superstition, which would be appropriate in the case of say, climate science or evolution.
I should rephrase: "Science is infallible. Until it isn't."
It's a nice counterbalance to insisting that something that does not exist and has never demonstrated itself, does.
Theories are hard. Dogma is easy.
The way science works, is when you see something that violates theory, that means the theory is wrong and you need to figure out a new theory.
Well, it's the way it works outside of some fields like Climate Theory.
Binary systems are common. It could be that two proto-stars were orbiting each other, and then the inner one hit a critical point to become a star. The other is like Jupiter, a large might have been, orbiting far away.
Thanks!
Science is a method, not a body of knowledge, and knowledge is therefore not fixed and immutable.
Yes I have heard that we (our sun) might even have a binary, it just hasn’t been discovered yet
Sounds like we need to send spy satellites to check this out
Please...why attack when ignore is a better option?
If you go to Reddit, you will see claims like this all over the place. And if you go on Facebook you may actually see that one of your 'friends' belong to a group called "I F--king Love Science"--I kid you not.
One of my friends?
I've never been to Reddit or Facebook slick.
I understand sites you visit like facebook are for teens and easily led sheep. The feds and CIA indicated it's one of their best sources for roping dopes.
Once again, I never once heard anyone claim, “Science knows everything”.
I never heard anyone say that either.
I understand...Seems some of the comments from some people on this thread are about 9 cents short of a dime.
Science haters?
wow...
That's because it's been a built-in presumption for half a century.
I never ever heard anyone say that.
That's because it's been a built-in presumption for half a century.
Where did you get this?
I never heard anyone say or imply or presume "Science knows everything".
What kind of cowflop is that?
Ya send me a disjointed google link to more links?
lol
So anyone who questions science is a "hater"?
Is that very scientific?
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