Posted on Jul 29, 2021
Scientists Accidentally Find a 'Very Exciting' Unique Exoplanet Has More Water Than Earth
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On my smartphone yesterday, I came across an interesting Astronomy Video release regarding a Star now called "Nu2 Lupi", showed that it had three planets orbiting it called b, c, and d. It is Planet "d" which has been found to be a watery planet... I will let you hear the details in the video, but I am providing you with the descriptive text should you wish to read it first...
Science and tech news:
"Scientists Accidentally Find a 'Very Exciting' Unique Exoplanet Has More Water Than Earth.
Scientists have accidentally discovered details about a "very exciting" planet orbiting a nearby star system, which is thought to contain more water than Earth.
The scientific interest in the planet, known as "Nu2 Lupi d", was sparked after researchers spotted it using the European Space Agency's Cheops satellite.
It orbits a sun-like star around 50 light years away from us that is visible with the naked eye, has a mild atmospheric temperature and appears to contain a large amount of water.
Researchers already knew that the planet was there because previous studies of the star, called Nu2 Lupi, showed that it had three planets orbiting it called b, c, and d.
They were initially discovered by the European Southern Observatory in Chile in 2019 and follow-up observations confirmed that Nu2 Lupi is one of only three naked-eye stars that have more than one planet orbiting them."
I hope you find it as interesting as I did...
Kerry
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Science and tech news:
"Scientists Accidentally Find a 'Very Exciting' Unique Exoplanet Has More Water Than Earth.
Scientists have accidentally discovered details about a "very exciting" planet orbiting a nearby star system, which is thought to contain more water than Earth.
The scientific interest in the planet, known as "Nu2 Lupi d", was sparked after researchers spotted it using the European Space Agency's Cheops satellite.
It orbits a sun-like star around 50 light years away from us that is visible with the naked eye, has a mild atmospheric temperature and appears to contain a large amount of water.
Researchers already knew that the planet was there because previous studies of the star, called Nu2 Lupi, showed that it had three planets orbiting it called b, c, and d.
They were initially discovered by the European Southern Observatory in Chile in 2019 and follow-up observations confirmed that Nu2 Lupi is one of only three naked-eye stars that have more than one planet orbiting them."
I hope you find it as interesting as I did...
Kerry
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GySgt Thomas Vick - When the James Webb Space telescope is launched and in position we will learn a great deal more about this star and its planets... WHat it does prove, already, is that there are planets in orbit around their stars that support liquid water and that means that Earth is not alone... One of the planets in the Alpha Centauri star system is seen as a possible habitable planet which has some measure of water... and that is only 4.2 LY from us... We can't get there now, but with the advent of faster than light speed spacecraft (craft riding a gravity wave with no known limits of speed, we could travel there within an Earth year or perhaps faster... Won't happen in our lifetimes, though, Thomas...
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SPC Michael Terrell - Until we conquer the science of traveling faster than the speed of light, we will never get there... However, in my view, humans will solve that problem within the next 100 years, or perhaps sooner, as they are feverishly working on the physics of it now. 50 LY is a long way off, as you know, Michael, so for now scientists will study this star and its planets heavily over the coming years... When the new James Webb Telescope is launched and performing, we will be able to see and learn much more than we do today...
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SPC Michael Terrell
That's too far in the future for me to participate, unless medicine makes some giant leaps forward. :(
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