Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Baby Planets Found


Okay folks, sorry I don't have a lot of time here, but wanted to get this up right away. 
    So here is the quick version. 
    450 light years away, a new star is forming.
    It is still growing, and is around 2 million years old.
   Here's the good part. It has baby planets. Better known as planetesimals if you want to be technical. 
   Sorry this is so short, but have to run here, and didn't want to wait to get this up. Here is a link to the space.com section on it. 


http://www.space.com/19100-alien-planet-birth-alma-telescope.html

4 comments:

kallamis said...

Bloody H...
450 light years. sorry about that.

Beam Me Up said...

fixed it for ya. Thanks for the post...

kallamis said...

Thanks. Yeah I had multiple things going at once, a poker tourny about to start, and gf's computer not working while studying for new job, and just one of those hours where everything fell at once.
I just didn't have the time I needed to write my usual style post on a science subject.
But I wanted to get it up there for everyone, so I just sort of gave the basic, and tossed it up.
Actually came across it on yahoo, but I refuse to use a yahoo page for any actual info. Luckily space.com had it, and I'm sure a few others as well.

Beam Me Up said...

No matter where I start, I usually find myself on space.com. It is one of the best sites going for being up to date.