Telescope spies newborn planet

[TechBear_Seattle]

Telescope spies newborn planet

Astronomers have discovered a newborn planet in a solar system that is still in the process of forming - the first example of this ever found.

Planets are believed to develop within swirling discs of dust and gas around nascent stars.

So studying very young examples could tell astronomers much about the birth and evolution of planetary systems - including our own Solar System.

Details of the discovery, by a team in Germany, appear in the journal Nature.

The article, with an "artists conception," continues at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7168517.stm

[zbdent]

1. will they pixellate the private parts of

the "newborn" planet?

Ya gotta love those censors ... the FCC allows Faux to show a guy with a "FUCK (the other team)" without penalty, but CBS has a .0001 second nipple slip, and Howard Stern is off the air :silly:

[LiberalFighter]

2. God says creationists should all immigrate their and multiply.

[Bill McBlueState]

3. hey, I know that star!

it circles TW Hydrae, a nearby young star which is only eight to 10 million years old

That's one of the nearest young sunlike stars. People have been studying TW Hya's disk for some time, but this is the first claim of a planet. I notice the article doesn't say anything about the detection method, whether it was a radial velocity study, or a transit.

[Bill McBlueState]

4. turns out it was radial velocity monitoring

Link's here, for anyone who has access to Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7174/full/nature06426.html

[Phoonzang]

5. Now if we could only find an old one.

One with life on it. Not that we have the tech to do that yet. But soon. I hope. :)