http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0930210823.htm
This is one of the coolest things I've seen: a map of a planet orbiting another star.
Earth this ain't. It's 1.5x larger than Jupiter, and at least portions of the cloud are made of silicates. And the map is.....vague. You're not going to use it for navigation. Still, we're talking about an actual map of a planet light-years away. As just proof of concept this is astounding! Well, of the clouds at least, but on a gas giant there's not much else to work with.
It's things like this that make me glad I live here and now. After thousands of years of searching we've finally reached a point where we can answer some of the oldest questions of our species, and this map is a major step forward in that search.
This is one of the coolest things I've seen: a map of a planet orbiting another star.
Earth this ain't. It's 1.5x larger than Jupiter, and at least portions of the cloud are made of silicates. And the map is.....vague. You're not going to use it for navigation. Still, we're talking about an actual map of a planet light-years away. As just proof of concept this is astounding! Well, of the clouds at least, but on a gas giant there's not much else to work with.
It's things like this that make me glad I live here and now. After thousands of years of searching we've finally reached a point where we can answer some of the oldest questions of our species, and this map is a major step forward in that search.
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