ikenbot: Light from Alien Super-Earth Seen for 1st Time Light from an alien “super-Earth” twice the size of our own Earth has been detected by a NASA space telescope for the first time in what astronomers are calling a historic achievement. NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope spotted light from the alien planet 55 Cancri e, which orbits a star 41 light-years from Earth. A day on the extrasolar planet lasts just 18 hours. The planet 55 Cancri e was first discovered in 2004 and is not a habitable world. Instead, it is known as a super-Earth because of its size: The world is about twice the width of Earth and is super-dense, with about eight times the mass of Earth. But until now, scientists have never managed to detect the infrared light from the super-Earth world. Continue.. View high resolution

ikenbot:

Light from Alien Super-Earth Seen for 1st Time

Light from an alien “super-Earth” twice the size of our own Earth has been detected by a NASA space telescope for the first time in what astronomers are calling a historic achievement.

NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope spotted light from the alien planet 55 Cancri e, which orbits a star 41 light-years from Earth. A day on the extrasolar planet lasts just 18 hours.

The planet 55 Cancri e was first discovered in 2004 and is not a habitable world. Instead, it is known as a super-Earth because of its size: The world is about twice the width of Earth and is super-dense, with about eight times the mass of Earth.

But until now, scientists have never managed to detect the infrared light from the super-Earth world.

Continue..

(Reblogged from ikenbot)

Notes

  1. aloneindaastros reblogged this from thescienceofreality
  2. logical-luke reblogged this from ikenbot
  3. scarrillo1029 reblogged this from ikenbot
  4. filiandkilimakeaporno reblogged this from abij91 and added:
    Creepy how much this looks like Macbeth from Starfox… … … … The Forever Train, they called it.
  5. abij91 reblogged this from letgoandmoveon89
  6. knottedodyssey reblogged this from featherblack and added:
    Dang, space.
  7. featherblack reblogged this from ikenbot
  8. my-life-is-merp reblogged this from ikenbot
  9. zuisidle reblogged this from aiasha
  10. ibrokethe4thwall reblogged this from the-b-train
  11. the-b-train reblogged this from scinerds
  12. polarity-shift reblogged this from ikenbot
  13. ironmaiden1025 reblogged this from ikenbot
  14. kayleemb reblogged this from rossexton
  15. lediainthetardis reblogged this from rossexton
  16. rossexton reblogged this from gwenhwyfaraway
  17. gwenhwyfaraway reblogged this from ikenbot
  18. talesfromearth reblogged this from ikenbot
  19. massivetassive reblogged this from ikenbot
  20. cutie4booty reblogged this from likeaphysicist
  21. spam420 reblogged this from nutopiancitizen
  22. peebsalicious reblogged this from ikenbot
  23. aiasha reblogged this from abrahammx
  24. stabbygrass reblogged this from ikenbot
  25. abrahammx reblogged this from ikenbot
  26. phd-tran reblogged this from ikenbot
  27. deathoverkill reblogged this from ikenbot
  28. bigshelby11 reblogged this from ikenbot
  29. 250cc reblogged this from pyranova
  30. pyranova reblogged this from ikenbot
  31. mariomo reblogged this from htmlwings
  32. questions-of-us-existing-here reblogged this from htmlwings
  33. doctor-craig-bittner reblogged this from ikenbot and added:
    …Craig Bittner MD...subspecialty minimally invasive surgeon trained at Johns Hopkins,...
  34. keepitcute1411 reblogged this from jackhammerthis
  35. scarifying reblogged this from rosesposies
  36. nerd-with-a-tardis reblogged this from jackhammerthis and added:
    This is so cool.
  37. jackhammerthis reblogged this from ikenbot
  38. yellowr0ses reblogged this from ikenbot