Wednesday, February 5, 2014

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News


Kepler finds a very wobbly planet: Rapid and erratic changes in seasons

Posted: 04 Feb 2014 10:39 AM PST

Imagine living on a planet with seasons so erratic you would hardly know whether to wear Bermuda shorts or a heavy overcoat. That is the situation on a weird, wobbly world found by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.

Stormy stars? Probing weather on brown dwarfs

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:06 PM PST

Swirling, stormy clouds may be ever-present on cool celestial orbs called brown dwarfs. New observations suggest that most brown dwarfs are roiling with one or more planet-size storms akin to Jupiter's "Great Red Spot."

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