Hidden Planet Discovered in Old Hubble Data

[Eric Mc]

Jimbeaux said:

Hudson said:

has this been anywhere else apart from Fox News? the same news station that claimed the space shuttle crash was traveling at "12 times the speed of light" ?

As opposed to CNN, MSNBC, & the BBC that won't acknowledge that that the housing crisis was actually begun by legislation put forth by Jimmy Carter and furthered by Bill Clinton, not the Republicans? That type thing?
It is a real discovery. Perhaps Fox just has more feelers out for stories.

Spaceflightnow.com are running the ACTUAL astronomical story.

The planet was actually "discovered" using an earth based telescope (like all the previous 300 plus discovered so far). When it was identified, it was decided to go back and look at Hubble's records of this star and, sure enough, the data revealing the planet was there. This has now prompted astronomers to trawl through Hubble's old files to see if there are any yet undiscovered planets hiding in the data.

[MK4 Slowride]

Stars 'wobble' so they know there's a relatively large planet/object nearby causing this effect.

I refuse to click that link at work as I'll really get naff-all done.

[elster]

Jimbeaux said:

Mr Fenix said:

Cheers Jimbeaux,

Always enjoyed a bit of astronomy, can't help but wonder if an earth like planet will be found in my lifetime...

Not sure; I bet if it is, it will by by some sort of accident.

How do you mean a bit of dirt on the lens?

Would love to have access to all of Hubbles records. I could lose a lifetime.

Although I have a lot more interest in the beauty of things in the Universe, over the actual content.

[Eric Mc]

MK4 Slowride said:

Stars 'wobble' so they know there's a relatively large planet/object nearby causing this effect.

I refuse to click that link at work as I'll really get naff-all done.

That's only one of the techniques used. Light drop and doppler shift of spectral lines in the star's sprectrum also help indicate if there is a planet orbiting a star.

[MK4 Slowride]

Eric Mc said:

MK4 Slowride said:

Stars 'wobble' so they know there's a relatively large planet/object nearby causing this effect.

I refuse to click that link at work as I'll really get naff-all done.

That's only one of the techniques used. Light drop and doppler shift of spectral lines in the star's sprectrum also help indicate if there is a planet orbiting a star.

There's a DVD boxset from the BBC called 'The Planets' & is brilliant but a bit dated. Certainly worth a watch if you've the time. It took my flatmate & I 2-3 weeks to watch it all a few hours a night.

[Percy Flage]

No idea if this is a repost, but there are some extraordinary images here on the Daily Telegraph website. I imagine there will be more lurking somewhere on the web, but I was stunned by these.

[Eric Mc]

MK4 Slowride said:

Eric Mc said:

MK4 Slowride said:

Stars 'wobble' so they know there's a relatively large planet/object nearby causing this effect.

I refuse to click that link at work as I'll really get naff-all done.

That's only one of the techniques used. Light drop and doppler shift of spectral lines in the star's sprectrum also help indicate if there is a planet orbiting a star.

There's a DVD boxset from the BBC called 'The Planets' & is brilliant but a bit dated. Certainly worth a watch if you've the time. It took my flatmate & I 2-3 weeks to watch it all a few hours a night.

It's about ten years old but the CGI used was pioneering at the time and still stands up pretty well. I saw it when it was broadcast originally and it has been repeated quite a few times since on various cable and satellite channels.
However, it only deals with our own Solar System and is therefore really outside the scope of this thread to some extent.
In about twenty years, we might have enough information on the exo-solar planets to enable a similar type of series to be made on them.