Using the Theory of Relativity and BEER to Find Exoplanets
... new way of finding exoplanets was developed by Professor Tsevi Mazeh and his student, Simchon Faigler, at
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Posts in the past four weeks
Monday
May 13 2013
18:32 UTC
May 13 2013
18:32 UTC
Friday
May 10 2013
14:28 UTC
May 10 2013
14:28 UTC
Planet Debris Pollute Dead Stars
A pair of dead stars sitting in a star cluster about 150 light years from Earth appear to have their atmospheres polluted with debris from asteroids . Astronomers say this suggests that the basic ingredients for making Earth-like planets could be quite Âcommon in stellar nurseries across the cosmos. “We have identified chemical evidence…
Posted by Breaking Orbit
Thursday
May 09 2013
07:56 UTC
May 09 2013
07:56 UTC
The Truth About Zeta Reticuli
Zeta Reticuli, a dim binary system of Sun-like stars only 39. 5 light years away in the little constellation of Reticulum is strangely well-known. Why is it so famous? This system...
Posted by Astronotes
Tuesday
May 07 2013
14:43 UTC
May 07 2013
14:43 UTC
Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets So Easily?
... extrasolar planets (“exoplanets” for short) has become one of the hottest topics in astronomy. During every exoplanet talk that I've attended
Posted by astrobites
Friday
May 03 2013
17:12 UTC
May 03 2013
17:12 UTC
Retired Space Observatory’s Watery Legacy
After nearly four years of glorious service to science, the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory mission has come to the end this week. Running out of helium coolant needed to chill its instruments down to near absolute zero means that it has closed its far-infrared eyes to the Universe for good. ÂAfter a…
Posted by Breaking Orbit
Friday
May 03 2013
13:00 UTC
May 03 2013
13:00 UTC
Characterizing Planets with BEER
Faigler et al. apply their BEER algorithm to a collection of stars in the Kepler field and find a hot Jupiter missed by the Kepler Science Team, showing a new way to find and characterize planets without follow-up observations.
Posted by astrobites
Thursday
May 02 2013
11:04 UTC
May 02 2013
11:04 UTC
May 2013 Night Sky Wonders
If you find yourself in the great outdoors any evening during May and it's a cloudless night, turning your eyes towards the heavens could be an unusually interesting way for...
Posted by Astronotes
Wednesday
May 01 2013
18:04 UTC
May 01 2013
18:04 UTC
Watch Live Hangout: TESS and the Search for Exoplanets
... discover transiting exoplanets in orbit around the brightest stars in the Sun's neighborhood. “TESS will carry out the first space-borne all-sky transit survey, covering 400 times as much sky
Posted by Universe Today
Wednesday
May 01 2013
02:46 UTC
May 01 2013
02:46 UTC
Magnets in the Deep: Lower Mantle Metallization in Rocky Exoplanets
... of a dynamo in rocky exoplanets and for our ability to detect exoplanetary magnetic fields.
Posted by astrobites
Wednesday
Apr 24 2013
18:44 UTC
Apr 24 2013
18:44 UTC
About Those Habitable' Exoplanets (RT America Interview)
... news broadcast to talk exoplanets — particularly the three small (possibly rocky) worlds that orbit the stars Kepler-62 and Kepler-69. It was a lot of fun discussing ‘Goldilocks Zones' and the possibilities of extraterrestrials. Enjoy! Discovery News coverage of Kepler-62: Kepler-62: A Star System With Two Earths?
Posted by Astroengine.com
Wednesday
Apr 24 2013
15:00 UTC
Apr 24 2013
15:00 UTC
All Hail Albertus Alauda
Uwingu Announces Contest Winnerfor Popular Name of Alpha Centauri BbBack when I was a child my father took me out to see the stars and my mother encouraged me to read about as many things as I could. Without their guidance, I might not be as interested in astronomy and sharing the stars as I
Posted by TheSpacewriter's Ramblings
Tuesday
Apr 23 2013
05:01 UTC
Apr 23 2013
05:01 UTC
How Hot is Too Hot?
Detailed atmospheric models reveal that planets can be habitable much closer to their host star than previously thought, provided they have desert-like climates. This expanded definition of the habitable zone increases the number of planets that could support life by a factor of 2-3.
Posted by astrobites
Friday
Apr 19 2013
02:28 UTC
Apr 19 2013
02:28 UTC
Three new possibly habitable ‘super-Earth’ planets discovered
There is some more exciting news from theÂKeplerÂspaceÂtelescope mission – as announced in a NASA press briefing this morning, three more planets have been detected orbiting in their stars' habitable zones. Larger planets have been found already in this zone … Continue reading →The post Three new possibly habitable ‘super-Earth' planets discovered appeared first on The Meridiani Journal.
Posted by The Meridiani Journal
Thursday
Apr 18 2013
20:45 UTC
Apr 18 2013
20:45 UTC
Habitable Worlds? New Kepler Planetary Systems in Images
The Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. The Kepler-62 system has five planets; 62b, 62c, 62d, 62e and 62f. The Kepler-69 system has
Posted by Universe Today
Thursday
Apr 18 2013
19:26 UTC
Apr 18 2013
19:26 UTC
The most exciting candidates for habitable exoplanets yet
An international team of scientists analyzing data from NASA's Kepler mission, which includes Lisa Kaltenegger from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, has announced the discovery of the first small, potentially rocky Kepler planets, orbiting in the Habitable Zone of their star. The planets, called Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, orbit a star that is slightly smaller and cooler than our own Sun. Going by their radii, these planets should be rocky, making them our best candidates for habita
Posted by astronomy cmarchesin
Thursday
Apr 18 2013
18:03 UTC
Apr 18 2013
18:03 UTC
Kepler Team Finds System with Two Potentially Habitable Planets
This might be the most exciting exoplanet news yet. An international team of scientists analyzing data from NASA's Kepler mission has found a planetary system with two small, potentially rocky planets that lie within the habitable zone of their star. The star, Kepler-62, is a bit smaller and cooler than our Sun, and is home
Posted by Universe Today