Ansgar Schmidt Jun 2, 2024
Sorry Spock, But “Vulcan” Isn’t a Planet After All https://www.universetoday.com/167161/sorry-spock-but-vulcan-isnt-a-planet-after-all/ #radialvelocitymethod #spectrometry #spectroscopy #exoplanets #astronomy #eridanib #startrek #hd26965 #vulcan #spock #stars
Sorry Spock, But "Vulcan" Isn't a Planet After All

In 2018, astronomers detected an exoplanet around the star 40 Eridani. It’s about 16 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The discovery generated a wave of interest for a couple of reasons. Not only is it the closest Super-Earth around a star similar to our Sun, but the star system is the fictional home of … Continue reading "Sorry Spock, But “Vulcan” Isn’t a Planet After All"

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Ansgar Schmidt Apr 30, 2022
An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars https://www.universetoday.com/154667/an-exoplanet-is-definitely-orbiting-two-stars/ #keplerspacetelescope #radialvelocitymethod #circumbinaryplanets #extrasolarplanets #transitmethod #kepler-16b #astronomy #featured
An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars

Remember that iconic scene in Star Wars, where a young Skywalker steps out onto the surface of Tatooine and watches the setting of two suns? As it turns out, this may be what it is like for lifeforms on the exoplanet known as Kepler-16, a rocky planet that orbits in a binary star system. Originally … Continue reading "An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars"

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