Friday, October 10, 2014

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Temperature and water vapor on an exoplanet mapped

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 11:14 AM PDT

A team of scientists has made the most detailed map yet of the temperature of an exoplanet's atmosphere and traced the amount of water it contains. The planet targeted for both of the investigations was the hot-Jupiter exoplanet WASP-43b.

Milky Way has half the amount of dark matter as previously thought

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 06:16 AM PDT

A new measurement of dark matter in the Milky Way has revealed there is half as much of the mysterious substance as previously thought.

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