Like a golf ball circling a hole, the planet Kepler-1658b is getting closer and closer to falling in — into its star, that is.
"We've previously detected evidence for exoplanets inspiraling toward their stars, but we have never before seen such a planet around an evolved star," Shreyas Vissapragada, an exoplanet scientist at the Harvard and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and co-author of a new study on the ...
'Earth's ultimate adios': Planet spiraling toward sun may give glimpse into Earth's end | ...
"If it continues [spiraling] towards its star at the observed rate, the planet will collide with its star in less than three million years," Shreyas Vissapragada, a postdoc at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the study's lead author, told the outlet.
The findings of the study are unique, as a planet has never been observed spiraling toward its star before. "This is the first time we've observed direct evidence for a planet spiraling towards its evolved star," Vissapragada said.
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The Kepler space telescope was launched in 2009 with the purpose of finding Earth-sized planets in other solar systems.
Scientists refer to planets like Kepler-1658b as "hot Jupiters," gas giants who orbit close to their stars. This exoplanet, however, is almost six times the size of Jupiter .
Astronomers discover that two distant exoplanets are mostly water | Technology News,The Indian ...
A team of astronomers have found that two exoplanets orbiting a distant planet are "water worlds" with water making up a large part of their volumes.
The exoplanets Kepler-138c and Kepler-138d were observed using NASA's Hubble and retired Spitzer space telescope. The astronomers discovered that these planets are about one and a half times the size of the Earth and that they could be largely composed of water.
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Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Will Feature A Single-Player Campaign - Gameranx
FromSoftware surprised Armored Core fans during this year’s The Game Awards event. The series had remained dormant since 2013 with the release of Armored Core: Verdict Day , a sequel to the 2012 release of Armored Core V .
But as mentioned, it was during The Game Awards 2022 that FromSoftware revealed that they were bringing the Armored Core franchise back. In 2023 we will be receiving Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon .
3 Things To Know Before Launching Your Business Into The Metaverse
The metaverse. It's been heralded and even called transformational by leaders in all industries. That's pretty amazing, especially considering that most people haven't quite figured out what it is, what it looks like, or how it will work—at least not to any concrete extent.
Indeed, we know enough to make the metaverse tantalizing. Far from our 2D internet limitations, the metaverse promises a way to interact online in 3D formats.
See A Bizarre Star Trek Original Series Commercial That Got Unearthed
This strange commercial from Star Trek: The Original Series gives some serious Twilight Zone vibes.
It can sometimes be a little mind-blowing to see how TV shows were advertised in previous eras, and that’s no more true than in an ancient Star Trek commercial posted to YouTube by a user going by the name morlockmeat .
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“My only problem with our first series was that it was over too soon! I wanted, no… needed, to write more in this universe,” he continues.
Get a sneak peek at the cover now, and let your fears be reborn when Predator #1 launches in March. The final issue of Brisson’s first Predator arc will also debut with Predator #6 on January 11.
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Doom-spiraling exoplanet will someday meet fiery demise https://t.co/MxtwVdwEok https://t.co/kaKcJ1zbJE SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Mon Dec 19 14:03:59 +0000 2022
Giant Exoplanet is Spiraling Inward to its Doom - https://t.co/BLvuAZV5iX by @spacewriter https://t.co/YhT6IgE2qZ universetoday (from Courtenay, British Columbia) Tue Dec 20 18:06:01 +0000 2022
A Concert Like No Other
Hop aboard a shuttle to Kepler-1649c. Be there to welcome new lifeforms into the universe. All passengers must have a verified event ticket. There are 10,000 tickets in circulation so no need to panic. Limited seating available per trip. There will be multiple flights each hour shipping off from the NORAD Space Port in Iceland.
Event tickets are non refundable & non transferable (except on the black market. Call Sal with questions.) An event ticket can be reused for up to 9900 yearly transactions.
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