News tagged with hd209458b
Very Large Telescope detects first superstorm on exoplanet (w/ Video)
Astronomers have measured a superstorm for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, the well-studied "hot Jupiter" HD209458b. The very high-precision observations of carbon monoxide gas show that ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Planetary professor shows what alien sunset really looks like
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the great things about science is how so many people are able to use their imagination to conjure ideas, concepts or in some cases actual images of things in their mind, and then to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2012 |
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When do gas giants reach the point of no return?
Planetary scientists at UCL have identified the point at which a star causes the atmosphere of an orbiting gas giant to become critically unstable, as reported in this week’s Nature. Depending upon their proximity to a h ...
Dec 05, 2007 |
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Several Jupiter sized planets found to have only weak Earth like gravity
Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that several Jupiter sized gas giants beyond our solar system have surface gravities much closer in strength to Earth than the intense gravity of Jupiter.
May 02, 2007 |
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Earth's strongest winds wouldn't even be a breeze on these planets
Earth's inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night. New measurements for three planets outside our solar system indicate their temperatures remain fairly constant ...
Jan 09, 2007 |
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Jupiter-Sized Star Smallest Ever Detected
An international team of astronomers have accurately determined the radius and mass of the smallest core-burning star known until now. The observations were performed in March 2004 with the FLAMES multi-fibre spe ...
Mar 04, 2005 |
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