Discover Your Own Planets
Recently, scientists announced that they had discovered a planet that had physical properties similar to our own. It is in just the right position in its galaxy for water to be likely and in real terms it’s actually just around the corner from us. Okay, so around the corner is still a few hundred thousand light years away, but still, the discovery is great nonetheless.
The ability to discover new planets has accelerated at a remarkable pace, and it is now more than possible to discover new ones using astronomical telescopes in your own home. However, whilst looking for new planets, and in the process finding more and more potential ‘earths’ is one great benefit of having astronomical telescopes, there are plenty of others.
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Doomsday The Exploding Star
With 2012 fast approaching I am sure you have read many articles on the scenarios about the possible end of the world in that year somewhere around the 21st of December,which is the end of the Mayan calendar, and therefore will herald the beginning of the end.
But recently astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star which could possibly explode,the reason been it is increasing in mass at an exponential rate,and therefore destroy all life on Earth.
The impending explosion would release a massive dose of radiation which would be enough to destroy life on planet earth, what the astronomers also found was that the star is a lot closer to the earth than previously thought.
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