Tug, Tug, Tug, Tug. Hi! I’m KOI-872c!

New exoplanet found using the using the highly scientific tug method.

Astronomers using the Kepler Space Telescope have observed the gravitational tugging of one previously hidden planet on another known planet orbiting the sun-like star KOI-872. This technique led to Neptune’s discovery in the year 1846, via its gravitational influence on Uranus. This is the first time the technique has been successfully used to identify a planet outside our solar system. The paper describing these results was published in the journal Science on May 10, 2012.

KOI-872 Planets | Southwest Research Institute

KOI-872 Planets | image: Southwest Research Institute

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The Visual Exoplanet Catalogue

New gem I stumbled on. Will have to add this to the exoresources page after the new system build.

The Visual Exoplanet Catalogue

Planet GQ Lup b
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“Neil deGrasse Tyson Remembers His First Meeting with Carl Sagan” at Open Culture

“Neil deGrasse Tyson Remembers His First Meeting with Carl Sagan” at Open Culture.

→ Read the article and watch the video ←

Skeptic Trumps Cards by Crispian Jago, Caricatures by Neil Davies

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Hobby Astronomer Finds Planet

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Latest Kepler Finds: Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f

Latest Kepler finds.

Two new planets are most Earth-like ever seen – but hot as hell
Video on Guardian

Credit: NASA/Ames/Caltech.

Previous Kepler Posts:
Kepler Finds Planet in Habitable Zone Orbiting Sun-Like Star
ATTN: Armchair Astronomers. You too can hunt for exoplanets.
Alan P. Boss – The Crowded Universe

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Theoretical Physicist, Lisa Randall’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” Book

Lisa Randall’s, Knocking on Heaven’s Door, explores current particle physics and discusses approaches in scientific thinking.

More about the book:
Michael Barton’s review at Portland Book Review.
Review at physics4me.

More about Lisa Randall:
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard.
About Lisa Randall at One Giant Leap of Awesome.

Lisa Randall talks about her new book on BookTV.

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Big Views. Big Thoughts. Philosophy and Science.

It amazes me how early philosophers came up with science and space ideas later shown to be true. Epicurus and Democritus and atoms, for instance. I really enjoy The Big View, which explores philosophy and science. From Buddhism to Quantum Mechanics, The Big View explores the relationships and ideas of these systems.

From the site:

This website is about philosophy in the widest sense. It includes science, religion, mythology and other fields of thought that are not within the traditional scope of philosophy. However, it makes not much sense to treat these fields separately. Everything is connected. If one views anything from any possible angle, it can only increase understanding.

The Big View

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The Physics of the Universe Made Simple

Just stumbled on Luke Mastin’s site, breaking down big ideas into something more understandable.

The Physics of the Universe: Difficult Topics Made More Understandable

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Kepler Finds Planet in Habitable Zone Orbiting Sun-Like Star

Kepler Finds Planet in Habitable Zone Orbiting Sun-Like Star.
Read more at Nasa.

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Breaking News: Exoplanet War Has Erupted on Planet Xenos

At least in Exoplanet War 2.0 it has, a free, online MMORTS game.

From the site:

You start your journey a small, non-developed colony on Planet Xenos which serves as your central base…needless to say this colony could do with some improvements.

Luckily for you then that you have several willing workers on hand who are waiting for your order to start building and upgrading structures that will prove to be the vital building blocks in creating your empire on Xenos.

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