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By: A nearby star rings in the new year | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:08:38 +0000

[...] objects as time goes on, and that includes spying the planets currently invisible in all that muck. We’ve actually directly detected quite a few planets orbiting other stars, and that list will only get larger with [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:51:32 +0000

Where did the infored images come frome? Here is the link for the orginal published article from the University of Hawaii and I don’t see those pictures only the artits http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/formingplanet/

Secondly I see little evidence of an actual forming planet, there is an equal amount of evidence that the dust is falling off the planet.

Thirdly and perhaps most damning to the evidence of a forming planet is that in 2009 a planetery formation study was done by Erik Asphaug of Univeristy of California Santa Cruz and found:
“Not only must turbulence be low, but the gas must go away before the growing planetesimals spiral in….”

The first link states that gas is present, and Asphaugs study shows that it can not be if planetesimals are to form.

I realize I’m about two months late on this, but I only recently heard about it. Sorry for the delay

By: MaDeR

MaDeR — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:01:34 +0000

@reidh:
What? Is this “La la la I can’t hear you”?

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Planets & Brains | Jupiter Broadcasting — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:26:31 +0000

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By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:55:10 +0000

It’s a boy! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

By: reidh

reidh — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:45:20 +0000

And, it will NEVER be proven.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:37:54 +0000

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By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:21:42 +0000

On a more serious note, why do there appear to be two blue blobs on the image? Is one or both the protoplanet?

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:20:37 +0000

I’m amazed, knowing the usual level of pedantry we all engage in on here (it’s FUN), that nobody has pointed out yet that technically, it’s impossible for any orbit to be perfectly circular. Even though it’s clear what you mean – “near enough” circular, as in the orbits of Earth and the other planets, as opposed to something like Eris or even a comet. But still, I won’t be happy until it’s been pointed out.

By: Pot Pourri « myskiesabove

Pot Pourri « myskiesabove — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:18:18 +0000

[...] “Bad Astronomy” has a report on the planet along with infrared pictures and analysis: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/20/the-first-direct-image-of-a-baby-planet-be… THis is kind of [...]