Friday, July 12, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Stellar monsters do not collide: No hope for a spectacular catastrophe

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:31 AM PDT

One might expect that collisions between the remains of monstrous stars, with masses reaching 200-300 times that of our Sun, would be among the most spectacular phenomena in the Universe. Perhaps they are, but we will unfortunately probably never have the chance to find out. Astrophysicists have discovered that the first such collisions will not occur until billions of years from now.

Hubble finds a true blue planet: Giant Jupiter-sized planet located 63 light-years away

Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:28 AM PDT

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual visible-light color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. If seen directly the planet, known as HD 189733b, would look like a "deep blue dot," reminiscent of Earth's color as seen from space.

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