Sketched Universe http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com A collection of artist's renderings of the universe Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/905285380538fcbdcb41acf9e5260acc?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Sketched Universe http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com ESOcast: 32 New Exoplanets Found http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/esocast-32-new-exoplanets-found/ http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/esocast-32-new-exoplanets-found/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:15 +0000 andrewski http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/?p=69 ]]>

Exoplanet

ESOcast: Episode 11: 32 New Exoplanets Found

On 19 October 2009, at an international exoplanet conference, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO’s 3.6-metre telescope, reports on the incredible discovery of more than 30 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS’s position as the world’s foremost exoplanet hunter.

]]> http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/esocast-32-new-exoplanets-found/feed/ 0 andrewski Exoplanet A planet 6 times the mass of Earth orbits the star Gliese 667 C http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/a-planet-6-times-the-mass-of-earth-orbits-the-star-gliese-667-c/ http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/a-planet-6-times-the-mass-of-earth-orbits-the-star-gliese-667-c/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:21:25 +0000 kenwilson http://sketcheduniverse.wordpress.com/?p=66 ]]>

A planet 6 times the mass of Earth

via ESO

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Saturn's Infrared Ring

via NASA

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Corot-7b

via Universe Today

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We’re trying something a little different – a video!  This video has some absolutely gorgeous artwork and animation.

From the YouTube page:

We made this video about the Big Bang because the theory is important and amazing, but often misunderstood.
This video was produced without any funding from any outside sources. It was put together with donated creative time from a group with a desire to further public cognition of science.
Science has many amazing stories to tell, this is the first. The Big Bang Briefly.
——————-
Story Teller: Janna Levin
Director: Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner
Producer: Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner
Animation Studio: Thornberg & Forester
Director of Animation: Justin Meredith
Editorial: Proton Studio
DP: Luke Geissbuhler
Music: Copilot
Color: James Long

via Twisted Physics

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Red giant Sun, dead Earth

Credit: fsgregs/Wikimedia Commons.

via Centauri Dreams


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Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

A previous post here featured “Giant Star Betelgeuse” – here’s a bit of perspective on just how gigantic this giant actually is!

via Physorg

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Quick aside: Experience the Planets is a great looking site with some amazing images of our Solar System.  Check it out!

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Betelgeuse

via Universe Today

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via Universe Today

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