Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet
Hubblecast 22: Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn’s.
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Credit:
- ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
- Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser
- Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada
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- Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida
- Written by: Lee Pullen & Lars Lindberg Christensen
- Host: Dr. J
- Narration: Bob Fosbury
- Cinematography: Peter Rixner
- Music: movetwo
- Footage and photos: A. Fujii, Digitized Sky Survey 2, NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley). Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
- Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen
Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in Astronomy.
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Duration : 0:5:2
you have a problem …
you have a problem with pond scum? its part of the world and evolution. we dont come from pond scum but from a situation probably very similar.
Everything so …
Everything so perfect? You mean like the orbits? BTW, they are not circeler.
killratoss you make …
killratoss you make us believe you were evolved from Pond Scum… it’s not a good look though.
When we look how …
When we look how perfect our solar system is… so many signs of precision, it’s obvious signs of design… How can people NOt believe in God!? Wow, sin is a deadly thing. A great deceiver of mankind.
if humanity someday …
if humanity someday finds a habitable place keep in mind
fratsenge sawtute kayä a tseng tìska’a sayutx ye’rìn.
its only a matter of time until history repeats
Great video.Thx for …
Great video.Thx for posting.
fuckin just amazing …
just amazing shit. lol and people believe in god haha
@juggep80 what …
@juggep80 what makes you think they would bany any different from us?
If the panspermia …
If the panspermia theory would be true you should be really worried that we might actually be related to et life.
I hope all alien vessels stay away as far as they can from this shitball called earth full of retards for their own good.
its because of …
its because of people like you that i lose more and more hope in humainty…hot bout just try killing yourself and do everybody a favour
I think need to …
I think need to build berserker probes, self replicating battle probes turning almost all matter in the universe into weapons so that we kill the aliens before they kill us.
@Rabastan Hmm…the …
@Rabastan Hmm…the habitable zone depends on the star. If the star is hotter than the Sun or larger, then the habitable zone lies in a larger distance than the distance between Sun / Earth. If the star is colder or smaller then the habitable zone lies in a closer distance. This happens in Gliese 381c or d. Because Gliese is a colder star, then it’s habitable zone is closer to the star, so 381c or d are theoritically inside, and water can be found in liquid (neither ice nor steam).
Why would anyone …
Why would anyone votebot this?
We really should …
We really should one day send spacecraft to our nearby stars, even if it does take thousands of years to get there. Surely we are close to being able to make a craft capable of doing that and functioning when it got there to send back data, launching probes to any planets it finds. I guess the problem is that technology could improve so much in that time that the craft is unnecessary.
I agree in many …
I agree in many ways to you, but observing outerspace does not in any way cause any harm to the plannet, please put your energies in trying to stop the so many things that do!
why look 4 another …
why look 4 another planet to live on clean up the one we are on man is so distructive our destiny is based on what we do in our lives im discusted in man kind
It’s not in …
It’s not in habitable zone, it is farther from Fomalhaut than Neptune is from the Sun.
totally disagree …
totally disagree with you. What I said about “life in gas giants doesn’t exist” is a kind of general acceptance
have seen the …
have seen the History Channel’s documentaries about Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. The Jupiter documentary says that Jupiter’s magnetic field is so strong that we can not even approach, in a close distance our electronic devices are vunerable to be destroyed. The tempertures, the storms are in extremely conditions. I accept that we found life under sea canyons where the pressures are also very high, but at least there is a…quiet world for some things to happen. But in Jupiter….well I wont
together, water …
It’s difficult for these known life conditions to exist on gas giants, but gas giants also have some other factors that may prevent life from existing there, very strong gravity, very strong magnetic fields, much electrostatic activity, strong winds, and extremely high pressures. I don’t remember of what about the radioactivity. I
together, water must be present. Else,they say, these organic molecules can not form
reproduction, …
reproduction, complexity, and a stable temperture keeping or difference in temperture from the environment (in some cases). Having in mind that life as we know it can exist under very difficult conditions like very deep underground, in volcanic environments, in undersee chimneys, in high salty environments, in very dry deserts, then yes life can be a hard nut. NASA speaks about the organic life as we know it, so they say that in order for this organic life to exist and the molecules to be
Fortunately I’ am a …
Fortunately I’ am a Trekkie so I understand what you mean. Indeed in Star Trek episodes or other science fiction series one can see life forms such as living crystals, living rocks, even a living planet. As far as we are not absolutely sure for many things, also life, one can not totally reject this opinion. I remember from biology when we started at the first chapter the book said that no actual definition of what life is, exists, but we can define life from some characteristics, such as
@hrbear And you …
@hrbear And you know this how? Just because nothing we KNOW of can live on a gas giant means that nothing can live there. People are so narrow minded, take this one for example. Whenever NASA looks for life, the first thing they look for is water. Only because everything on this planet needs it doesn’t mean that life on another planet needs it. I just don’t get it. Not trying to be rude or a dick I’m just saying .
Very very …
Very very interesting, so Formalhaut b must be a gas giant, then it’s not suitable for life even if it is placed in the habitable zone of it’s star.
@serialkiller2476 …
@serialkiller2476
i wouldn’t say its fake