Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: The scientists will continue observing HAT-P-1 to see if such an explanation could hold in this case, but until we can find an explanation for both of these swollen planets, they remain a great mystery, Sasselov said. I hear swollen planet and I'm thinking bruising.

Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-23 Thread Medievalbk
I say it's a dyson sphere and to hell with calling it a planet. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Release No.: 06-24 For Release: EMBARGOED UNTIL 10:00 a.m. EDT, September 14, 2006 Note to editors: High-resolution images to accompany this release are online at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/pr0624image.html. Strange New Planet Baffles

Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-14 Thread David Hobby
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: ... Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers Washington, DC - Using a network of small automated telescopes known as HAT, Smithsonian astronomers have discovered a planet unlike any other known world. This new planet, designated HAT-P-1, orbits one member of a pair

Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-14 Thread Medievalbk
It's not a planet, it's a giant light baffle. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l