The first photo of a "confirmed companion to a sunlike star" outside of our solar system was recently taken. The planet is a flaming gas giant that puts Jupiter to shame but really just looks like a punk hanger-on that couldn't cut it as a sun, clinging to the skirts of another star ("Lemme at 'em! I can take 'em, boss!"). I'm still holding out for something blue and solid to chew on.
On a related note. The best place to star-watch in America? Arizona. Along the spine of the mountains that house the Hoover dam. Right before the sky, for a brief plot of space, tips obligingly on it's back and becomes the basin of Las Vegas.
2 comments:
hey jess,
I'm catching up on my missed reading from this past week. is that an "out of this world" reference?
ha! it's a "would you like to swing on a star?" reference".
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