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The Coma Cluster.

Posted by Gary William Murning on February 5, 2009
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 A stunning new photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope of The Coma Cluster. For more information, check out the full story on Wired.

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Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut.

Posted by Gary William Murning on November 14, 2008
Posted in: Astronomy, Carl Sagan., Cosmology., Current Affairs., Physics., Technology., The Sciences.. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter’s mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish).

Fomalhaut has been a candidate for planet hunting ever since an excess of dust was discovered around the star in the early 1980s by the US- UK-Dutch Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS).

via ‘Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut’ by EurekAlert – RichardDawkins.net

A truly amazing discovery. 25 light years! Wow. For once I am uncharacteristically at a loss for words.