CoRoT has enhanced the diversity of giant exoplanets and discovered the first telluric exoplanet. Following CoRoT, the NASA Kepler mission has extended our knowledge to small size planets, multiple systems and planets orbiting binaries. Exploring these new worlds will continue with the NASA/TESS (...
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Based on the geophysical definition of a planet, there are several satellite and dwarf planets in the solar system, and likely more that haven’t been discovered. Geophysical classification of planets. Johns Hopkins APL/Mike Yakovlev Categories of Planets All planets and dwarf planets recognized by...
Hubble has even photographed planets orbiting other suns. In 2008, for example, Hubble captured imagery of the exoplanet candidateFomalhaut b, the first time such an object had been directly imaged in visible light. Fomalhaut b has since beenreclassified as a likely dust cloud, but Hubble has ...
Single-walled carbon nanotubes are loaded with desirable properties. In particular, the ability to conduct electricity at high rates of speed makes them attractive for use as nanoscale transistors. But this and other properties are largely dependent on t
Uranus, the first planet discovered in modern times, was discovered by William Herschel while systematically searching the sky with his telescope on March 13, 1781.Most of the planets spin on an axis nearly perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic but Uranus' axis is almost parallel to the...
These pictures give a whole new meaning to the phrase “in the right place at the right time.” Some of these are so crazy that you will need to see them more than once – or at least, you will want to. Getty Images Photo by Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram & Ross Kinnaird &...
Webb will peer at known exoplanets, as opposed to using precious telescope time sleuthing out new ones. Most were discovered by theprofoundly productive, planet-hunting telescope Kepler, which stared intently at stars in small windows of space for nearly a decade, looking for dips in their brigh...
providing more detailed information about its size and atmospheric structure. Among other things it was discovered that the atmospheric pressure had doubled (from 1.5 microbars to 3 microbars) since 1988, suggesting a warming of about 2 1/2 Fahrenheit degrees, presumably caused by the fact that...
This lump is the first stage in the purification of silicon for use in electronics. Quartz (typical sand, which is silicon dioxide) is chemically reduced to elemental silicon at high temperatures, yielding molten silicon which is then allowed to cool and solidify. This piece was from the top ...