Post by rmarks1 on Oct 4, 2018 14:12:27 GMT -5
The wonders of science are never ending. And frequently strange. Who would have thought a few short years ago that we would ever detect not only planets orbiting other stars, but their moons as well?
Bob
Weird giant may be the first known alien moon
Evidence is mounting that a world the size of Neptune could be orbiting a giant planet far, far away.
About 8,000 light-years away, a giant planet circles an aging star, marching once around its sun in a single Earth-year. But that planet, called Kepler 1625b, might not be traveling completely alone.
Scientists now suspect the planet’s skies are filled by an orbiting mega-moon, a stunningly large world the size of Neptune that may be the first moon spotted outside our solar system.
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-first-exomoon-nasa-kepler-planets-facts-space/
Evidence is mounting that a world the size of Neptune could be orbiting a giant planet far, far away.
About 8,000 light-years away, a giant planet circles an aging star, marching once around its sun in a single Earth-year. But that planet, called Kepler 1625b, might not be traveling completely alone.
Scientists now suspect the planet’s skies are filled by an orbiting mega-moon, a stunningly large world the size of Neptune that may be the first moon spotted outside our solar system.
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-first-exomoon-nasa-kepler-planets-facts-space/
Bob
