A S T R O L A B O . com | Yatoutskifo pour l'astro NASA has slyly, or inadvertantly, let out a handful of clues that a planned news conference will reveal details of an important new finding regarding life on other planets. There have been a number of moments in the history of astrobiology where an important find has gotten us all very excited, including the discovery of isotopic profiles on a Mars rock (a meteorite) indicating a biological pathway, parallel findings on Mars, various discoveries related to water on Mars, and analysis of places like Europa and Titan, and so on. The word on the street is that this is going to be one such moment. The press conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2. Speculation based on who will be present at the press conference has suggested that this is a about Mars, or Titan, or Photosynthesis, or something. Specifically, NASA has said that they will discuss: “an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.”
NASA Exoplanet Discoveries | NASA www.nasa.gov/content/exoplanet-discoveries Exoplanet Discoveries . Exoplanet HD 189733b | NASA www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/... Exoplanet HD 189733b LOADING... NASA - What are Exoplanets? www.nasa.gov/audience/... What are exoplanets? NASA PlanetQuest Historic Timeline www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline This timeline will continue to update with the latest exoplanet milestones, so check back to see how the story continues... click here to download. ... NASA's Kepler Mission Finds Three Smallest Exoplanets www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/smallest-exoplanets.html over 2 years ago Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. NASA Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet | NASA www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-hubble-finds-a-true-blue-planet [PDF] Exoplanet Fact Sheet3 - NASA www.nasa.gov/pdf/477583main_Exoplanet%20Fact%20Sheet3.pdf Previous123456789…99100Next
Detailed age map shows how Milky Way came together -- ScienceDaily Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way's halo, Notre Dame astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago. Astrophysicist Daniela Carollo, research assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, and Timothy Beers, Notre Dame Chair of Astrophysics, along with research assistant professor Vinicius Placco and their colleagues published their findings in Nature Physics, including a chronographic (age) map that supports a hierarchical model of galaxy formation. That model, developed by theoreticians over the past few decades, suggests that the Milky Way formed by merging and accretion of small mini-halos containing stars and gas, and that the oldest of the Milky Way's stars are at the center of the galaxy and younger stars and galaxies merged with the Milky Way, drawn in by gravity over billions of years.
Exoplanet and Candidate Statitics On this page we have assembled statistics for various categories of confirmed exoplanets, TESS candidates, and Kepler candidates. The values here come from the Confirmed Planets and KOI Cumulative interactive tables; TESS Project Candidate counts are from ExoFOP-TESS. The Exoplanet Archive's collection of known exoplanets were discovered using a variety of methods, and many have been detected using multiple methods. The following tables show the number of planets contained within the Exoplanet Archive whose discovery can be attributed to a particular technique. Clicking on a link returns a pre-filtered interactive table for that particular data set. For a list of published, refereed papers that derive planet occurrence rates, please see our Planet Occurrence Rate Papers page. Summary Counts
7 Space Simulators That Let You Explore the Universe Why should Mars rovers have all the fun? If you're tired of standing by while Curiosity rolls around up there, it's time to head out on the open exosphere and explore the universe for yourself — digitally, of course. SEE ALSO: 10 Must-Follow Tumblrs for Science Lovers A handful of excellent space simulators use real astronomical data to re-create the known universe in three dimensions. Fly through the galaxy at ludicrous speeds, map out humanity's best hope for extrasolar colonization, or mess with physics to create your own cosmic recipes. Some of these simulations stick to our own solar system, while others push the boundaries of our cosmological projections, procedurally generating star systems far beyond our galactic neighborhood. If you take any of these for a spin, let us know in the comments where you traveled.
Seedbomb Plant Capsules by Hwang Jin wook, Jeon You ho, Han Kuk il & Kim Ji myung Yanko Design Bomberman Explodes Plants This title maybe misleading but the intention is pretty peaceful! Legend has it that after the World War II got over, American pilot Gale Halvorson airdropped candies in the name of hope, for the Berlin children. War equals devastation, so dropping candies instead of bombs was probably personal retribution. Inspired by this incident, designer Hwang Jin wook and pals have come up with a plan to combat deforestation and desertification of land in a similar fashion. Housed in biodegradable plastic, the artificial soil provides nourishment and moisture to the seed; till it grows out to be a strong enough plant to sustain itself. Sounds like Mission (im)Possible to me, however the logistics of desert environment and the kind of seeds to be dispersed will require a lot research and expertise from the botanists. Designers: Hwang Jin wook, Jeon You ho, Han Kuk il & Kim Ji myung
ESO France La recherche de planètes situées hors de notre Système Solaire s'impose comme l'un des piliers de ce qui est peut-être l'interrogation la plus fondamentale de l'humanité : y a-t-il de la vie ailleurs dans l'Univers ? Les observatoires de l'ESO sont équipés d'un arsenal unique d'instruments pour la recherche, l'étude et le suivi de ces planètes appelées « exoplanètes » ou planètes extrasolaires. Grâce au VLT, des astronomes ont été capables de détecter pour la première fois la faible lueur d'une planète extrasolaire, prenant ainsi la première photo d'une exoplanète. Ce nouveau monde est une planète géante, environ cinq fois plus massive que Jupiter. Cette observation constitue un premier pas majeur vers l'un des objectifs les plus importants de l'astrophysique du XXIe siècle : déterminer la structure physique et la composition chimique des planètes géantes et éventuellement, de planètes de type terrestre.Voir le communiqué de presse eso0507.
Exploriments: Weight, Mass and Force of Gravity - Effect of Altitude and Comparison across Multiple Planets on the App Store RV Planet Resources in the Exoplanet Archive This page describes the resources available in the Exoplanet Archive for planets discovered using the radial velocity (RV) technique. Technique Overview The radial velocity (RV) method (sometimes referred to as the "Doppler wobble" method) is an indirect method for detecting exoplanets which depends on measuring the small reflex motion of a star caused by an exoplanet companion as the two orbit their common center of gravity. Since the star is so much more massive than the planet, this reflex motion is very small, typically on the order of a few to hundreds of meters per second. Confirmed Planets Planets discovered via the transit method which meet the Archive's exoplanet criteria are included in the Confirmed Planets table. To see only the planets discovered by the RV method, enter radial velocity in the filter box under Discovery Method.Often planets will be followed up with RV observations after being discovered by alternate methods (e.g. the transit method). Contributed Data
No One Wants to Live in My 'Elysium'-Style Simulation Orbital Space Colony They will also be a pain in the ass to run. And I speak from experience on this because I briefly governed my own orbital colony. My time in command did not end well. Joe Strout gave me the opportunity to fail. Strout, who describes himself as “space nut,” was a childhood member of the L5 Society, an organization dedicated to advancing technology essential for building and launching orbital space colonies in the L5 orbit. Strout wasn’’t cool with that so he started programming. Part 1: Building your colony You start out by choosing whether or not to create something in low Earth orbit (which is better protected from radiation damage) or high Earth orbit (from which materials can be important from the moon for cheap). Deciding between LEO and HEO. This last part is important — because it can potentially throw your entire design into disarray. Gravity can be incredibly difficult to recreate in space. Oh — and all this also affects your budget. And that’s just the exterior. What a kingdom
ESA 22 oct. 2012 ... La mission Cheops – pour CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite, ou satellite de caractérisation des exoplanètes – s'intéressera aux étoiles ... CoRoT, le détecteur d'exoplanètes, en phase d'essais / France ... CoRoT, le détecteur d'exoplanètes, en phase d'essais. Montage de la charge utile sur le satellite CoRoT. 28 avril 2006. Le satellite français CoRoT prend forme ... 23 oct. 2008 ... L'ESA part à la chasse aux planètes avec la mission PLATO / France ... 19 févr. 2014 ... ... concepts de mission en lice pour l'occasion de lancement M3 étaient les suivants : EChO (observatoire de caractérisation d'exoplanètes), ... De Mars à Vénus, avec Spicam et Spicav / France / ESA in your ... 5 oct. 2006 ... De l'eau, de l'eau partout... sur la planète HD 189733b / France ... Transiting exoplanet HD 189733b. COROT découvre sa première exoplanète et prend les scientifiques ... 3 mai 2007 ... EuroNews - COROT / France / ESA in your country / ESA 7 mars 2008 ... 13 janv. 2010 ...
Educational Resources « Astronomical Society A Sampling of Hands-On Astronomy Activities from the ASP Jump into hands-on astronomy with these classroom tested activities from a variety of ASP programs Surfing the Solar System Surf the web to find the answers to a fun solar system puzzle for the whole family K-12 Online Astronomy Activities Navigate the tangled web of activities on the internet with this annotated list, organized by subject Night Sky Network Astronomy Activities & Resources The Universe in the Classroom, a newsletter for teachers. Articles on Education from Mercury Magazine Hunt down some good ideas and resources in these archived articles from the “Education Newswire” and “Black Holes to Blackboards” departments of our membership magazine, Mercury. Other Articles on Education Selected Resource Guides Gather some great background reading from these annotated astronomical resource guides: Selected “Astronomy Beat” Columns Available to the Public Astronomy Education Review Looking for research in astronomy education?
Bulk Data Download The NASA Exoplanet Archive serves a variety of spectra, time series and other exoplanet-related data, and has generated a set of wget scripts to enable users to download these data in bulk. To use these scripts, you must have wget installed and included in your environment path before executing the scripts. For more information about installing and using wget, please read the wget help page. If you are looking for specific data sets for UKIRT, MOA, or SuperWASP, see their respective bulk data download pages: For best performance, do not run more than 4 wget scripts in parallel. Kepler Pipeline Scripts These reports were generated by the Kepler Team during the evaluation of TCEs and KOIs. Kepler Time Series Scripts Light curves were generated by the Kepler pipeline and are archived at MAST. Exoplanet Transit Survey Service Complete Data Sets A variety of other download scripts for SuperWASP data sets can be found here. Time Series Data