martin_h Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/a-four-planet-system-in-orbit-directly-imaged-and-remarkable/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoss Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Absolutely amazing!!!!!! Thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furrysocks2 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, reddoss said: Absolutely amazing!!!!!! Thank you for sharing Ditto - that's a fantastic thing to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debo Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 WOW and it's 129ly away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty2112 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan White Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Thank you for sharing, wow, I watched and smiled a lot. Hello fellow solar system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ags Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Incredible. I showed it to my work colleagues. They just smiled politely... oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northward Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 This is terrific. A perspective changer at the very least!! Thanks for sharing. Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_h Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 'tis the stuff of science fiction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejay1957 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Incredible how far the knowledge of exoplanets has come in the past 20 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 We all know that there are other exo planets/Solar Systems forming out there in the universe. To actually see one in motion is pretty damn mind blowing. Just think..........in millions of yrs, life (of any kind) may evolve right there on those planets in that image. My socks are well and truly blown off. Ive bookmarked this to show others. What we are seeing is a newly forming Solar system in action. Without doubt........this is the most stunning image/animation i have ever seen in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Brilliant! Forwarded to my head of physics. She thought it brilliant too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan White Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Having read others posts, I must add I showed my daughter who went yeah that's interesting, what's for dinner then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triton1 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Wow really mind blowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Hopefully she'll forward it to one of our yr12 girls who wants to read astrophysics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 The star HR 8799 has already played a pioneering role in the evolution of direct imaging of exoplanets. In 2008, the Marois group announced discovery of three of the four HR 8799 planets using direct imaging for the first time. On the same day that a different team announced the direct imaging of a planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut. Ive seen the image before of a single exo planet in the Fomalhaut solar system. Now, we have an animation of 4 exo planets around Formalhaut. Outstanding stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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