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Hubble Takes First Image of a Possible Planet Around Another Star and Finds a Runaway World

The Hubble Space Telescope has returned an image of what is possibly the first planet outside our solar system. TMR-1C, about 450 light years away in the constellation Taurus, appears to have been "flung away from the vicinity of a newly forming pair of binary stars," as evidenced by a luminescent filament leading from the "planet" back to the stars. "Susan Terebey of the Extrasolar Research...

https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1998/news-1998...
The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere

Created by two NASA scientists and selected as one of the Exploratorium in San Franciso's "Ten Cool Sites", the Exploration of Earth's Magnetosphere is a great learning site. Before diving into detailed descriptions of "the Earth's environment in space," readers can learn about the history of the site as well as the history of research about the magnetosphere. The Overview also provides a glossary...

https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Intro.html
Sedimentary Mars

"December 4, 2000 -- In what ultimately may be their most significant discovery yet, Mars scientists say high-resolution pictures showing layers of sedimentary rock paint a portrait of ancient Mars that long ago may have featured numerous lakes and shallow seas." This exciting news comes from a recent NASA news article detailing the latest finds from the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030815.html
Two from Space: The Genesis Mission

Space scientists postulate that the planets of our solar system arose from solar nebulae approximately 4.6 billion years ago. This July, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab launched a new mission, Genesis, to investigate the transition from solar nebulae to planets by collecting and analyzing the isotopic composition of solar particles. You can learn more about the Genesis mission at its official Website....

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/genesismission/
Two from Space: UC Berkeley Astronomers Find Jupiter-sized Planet Around Nearby Star in Big Dipper

In other space and planetary news, researchers have found signs of a Jupiter-sized planet near one of the Big Dipper's stars. To learn more, check out the University of California Planet Search program's press release that contains astronomical data, a sky chart, and links.

http://exoplanets.org/esp/47uma/47uma_announce.html
The Upsilon Andromedae Planetary System

Three planets that are larger than Jupiter have been found orbiting the star Upsilon Andromedae. Astronomers from four research institutions have confirmed this observation. This site provides information about the Upsilon Andromedae Planetary System.

https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/afoe/upsAnd.html
Transit of Venus

The Transit of Venus is similar to a solar eclipse, where -- from the perspective on Earth -- Venus passes in front of the Sun. This event does not happen very often. In fact, no one alive today has experienced this phenomenon, which will take place on June 8 and will be visible for most of Europe, Asia, and Africa. First, the Armagh Planetarium created a great, expansive informational site all...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/nsdl/ps/2004/0528
Venus Transit 2004

In just several weeks, Venus, the Earth's sister planet, will pass in front of the sun, affording astronomers and the general public the ability to take part in a extremely rare event. While persons in Europe, Africa, and Asia will have the best vantage point for this occurrence, those interested in the Venus transit will want to take a detailed look at this lovely website in order to find out...

http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/
10th “planet” discovery creates excitement and debate

Bid to solve dispute over planets http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4273424.stm ‘10th’ Planet has moon companion http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4304048.stm Information on the telescope used to discover Xena and Gabrielle http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomarnew/sot.html Discovery of Xena’s...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2005/1007
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