May 16, 2013
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Exoplanets are uncanny. Some seem to have walked directly out of the best science-fiction movies. For example, we’ve discovered a planet consisting purely of water (GJ 1214b) and one with two suns (Kepler 16b). Some planets nearly scrape their host stars once [...]
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May 9, 2013
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Markus Pössel, a theoretical physicist turned astronomical outreach scientist. He is the managing scientist at the Centre for Astronomy Education and Outreach “Haus der Astronomie” in Heidelberg, Germany. When it comes to immediate and widespread appeal, astronomical diagrams have it tough. There’s a reason we have Most [...]
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