Friday, May 29, 2009

Astrophysics and Math (made fun)

Astronomers observe phases of red-hot exoplanet
(Discover) -- Four hundred years ago, Galileo observed the phases of Venus as the planet orbited our sun and caught its light in different ways, helping to disprove the idea that all celestial bodies twirled around the Earth. Now, the profes-sional descendants of Galileo have observed the phases of an exoplanet for the first time, observing the distant planet in the act of orbiting a foreign star. More>>

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