Sunday, December 22, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Companion's comets the key to curious exoplanet system?

Posted: 18 Dec 2013 06:58 AM PST

The nearby star Fomalhaut A hosts the most famous planetary system outside our own Solar System, containing both an exoplanet and a spectacular ring of comets. Astronomers have just announced a new discovery with the Herschel Space Observatory that has made this system even more intriguing; the least massive star of the three in the Fomalhaut system, Fomalhaut C, has now been found to host its own comet belt.

Onboard camera captures Juno's approach to Earth

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:28 AM PST

When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth early in October 2013, recording a first-of-a-kind movie of the approach was a special assignment for an onboard camera system known as a star tracker.

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