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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Signs of a planet from "Star Wars"


Amateur astronomers have discovered a new planet that rotates not only around two suns, but at the same time is the orbit of the other two suns. The new system, which has four of the sun in its composition, the first of its kind, which was discovered in the project for planet hunters led by a team at Yale University. Enthusiastic fans are working with professional scientists to analyze the data collected by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, and the search for new worlds.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Discovered ultracompact system of five exoplanets


Found record for density planets system:

The star system KOI-500 identified five planets, all of which revolve around the star at a distance much smaller than the distance from Mercury to the Sun.

Discovered ultracompact system of five exoplanets. Astronomers have discovered the most compact system of the five exoplanets. 

When galaxies eat galaxy


Using gravitational lensing, Astronomers University of Utah (USA) found that the center of massive galaxies will ultimately become denser than normal galaxies.

"We found that over the past 6 billion years matter making massive elliptical galaxies, gaining a greater concentration in their centers. This is evidence that large galaxies collide with each other in order to create an even greater - says astronomer Adam Bolton, Lead author of the work.