Tag Archives: exoplanets

The new exoplanet hunter

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into space like what has now become a routine launch. This time the payload was a space telescope on a mission, a more powerful set of eyes, peeping into the heavens … Continue reading →

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Exoplanets

Posted on June 3, 2017 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti In the last decade or so, there has been lot of excitement around the discovery of exoplanets, that is the planets outside of our solar system. An interesting book on this topic has been “Exoplanets” by Michael … Continue reading →

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The Astonishing Diversity of Planetary Systems

Posted on May 3, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Acting Program Chair The next AAAP meeting will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Bowen Hall (see Princeton campus maps for building and parking locations). Our guest speaker Tim Morton is an Associate … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on March 1, 2014 by ST Editors

By Jeff Bernardis, Director I’m always intrigued by new discoveries, and many times, it’s the method of discovery that grabs me more than the discovery itself.  An example of this is the detection of exoplanets.  While I like to imagine … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on March 6, 2012 by ST Editors

compiled by Bryan Hubbard NASA’S Chandra Finds Fastest Wind from Stellar-Mass Black Hole Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 16:33 in Astronomy & Space Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a … Continue reading →

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