Word: planetsized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The system, which consists of three planets comparable in size to Jupiter, was the first of its kind to be discovered, according to a report released yesterday by San Francisco State University, whose scientists identified the system independent of the Harvard team.
His area of expertise is stellar physics, with a special interest in extra-solar planets-planets that revolve around stars other than the sun.
"Up until three years ago we had one example of such a solar system: ours. Now we know of approximately 20 stars that have planets," Sasselov said. "I need a lot of computer power to produce theoretical models of other planets around stars, and such computers cost lots of money...
So basically, what these seniors are saying is that on a sunny day in early September 1995, the planets mysteriously moved into a magical alignment, and approximately 1,600 teenagers suddenly descended on Cambridge.
During the past 100 years, astronomers have discovered quasars, pulsars, black holes and planets orbiting distant suns. But all these pale next to the discoveries Edwin Hubble made in a few remarkable years in the 1920s. At the time, most of his colleagues believed the Milky Way galaxy, a swirling...