Friday, October 4, 2013

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Bright nearby double star Fomalhaut is actually a triple

Posted: 03 Oct 2013 05:50 PM PDT

The nearby star system Fomalhaut -- of special interest for its unusual exoplanet and dusty debris disk -- has been discovered to be not just a double star, as astronomers had thought, but one of the widest triple stars known.

Scientists generate first map of clouds on an exoplane: Map reveals lopsided cloud distribution on extremely hot planet

Posted: 03 Oct 2013 08:31 AM PDT

On the exoplanet Kepler 7b, the weather is highly predictable, an international team of scientists has found: On any given day, the exoplanet, which orbits a star nearly 1,000 light-years from Earth, is heavily overcast on one side, while the other side likely enjoys clear, cloudless weather.

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