Of course the travel guide says it’s incredibly hot (2000C) on the day side and super-cold (-200C) on the night side, but it’s still the first rocky planet confirmed outside our own solar system. The planet, CoRoT-7b, orbits the star CoRoT-7 in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. The names all get more sensible when you [...]
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Rocky planet only 500 light-years away
Posted in Sky and Science, Uncategorized on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New element added to the periodic table
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Super-heavy element 112 was created a decade ago in a particle accelerator, and only four atoms of it have ever been observed. Yet high school science classes will still have to memorize it, no doubt. They temporarily named it ununbium, but are still searching for a real name.
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