exoplanet Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/exoplanet/ Astronomy author and speaker Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:34:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.colinstuart.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-Saturn1-32x32.png exoplanet Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/tag/exoplanet/ 32 32 166732936 A way to visualise the scale of the universe https://www.colinstuart.net/a-way-to-visualise-the-scale-of-the-universe/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 22:12:39 +0000 http://www.colinstuart.net/?p=2311 I talk to a lot of people about the universe. Tens of thousands of people a year, ranging from 3-year-olds to 93-year-olds. And one of the things everyone finds hard to comprehend is the sheer scale of the universe. We’re used to dealing with a daily existence spanning mere metres. Sometimes we drive hundred of kilometres; […]

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]]> 2311 First ring system found beyond solar system may hide exomoons https://www.colinstuart.net/first-ring-system-found-beyond-solar-system-may-hide-exomoons/ https://www.colinstuart.net/first-ring-system-found-beyond-solar-system-may-hide-exomoons/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:14:13 +0000 http://www.colinstuart.net/?p=1800 Back in 2012, astronomers uncovered the first ring system in another solar system. Now they have released details of its dimensions and possible evidence of alien moons nestled within. The rings encircle the planet J1407b. As the planet orbits its star, its set of more than 30 rings periodically blocks out some of the star’s light. Such […]

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