In this science explainy bit episode, we answer the pressing question of why planets always seem to orbit in the same plane. Why are their motions aligned like that?
Feb 5th: Why Do Planets Orbit In The Same Plane?
Tag: planet
Jan 12th: NASA Deep Space Network Turns 50 & Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets
NASA’s Deep Space Network is celebrating its 50th birthday, while Hubble Space Telescope was used to study 3 planets orbiting stars similar to our Sun. #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 29th: Discussion with Dylan O’Donnell, Director of DNA Digital
News round up! Looks like we can have planet around black hole, comet Borisov getting close and discussion with Dylan O’Donnell. #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 13th: Why Are Planets Always Round?
Why are planets always round? Lets find the answer with @uastronomer at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 19th: The Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project
We are looking for more observatories and amateur astronomers who might want to join the project. The Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project is a worldwide network of amateur astronomers searching for new potentially habitable exoplanets.
Oct 3rd: Is Earth Special?
In an exciting discovery, water vapor has been found in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet planet known as K2-18b, which is 110 light years from Earth in the constellation Leo.
Sep 26th: Bringing the Planetology Home
Join us today and listen to Astronomy Without a Telescope series as @CheapAstro finds an exoplanet that’s strangely familiar. #365DaysOfAstro
Aug 17th: How to Measure Exoplanet Transit Light Curves with Amateur Telescopes
How to Measure Exoplanet Transit Light Curves with Amateur Telescopes. More with @DeepAstronomy at #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 22nd: Finding Dipper Stars while looking for Exoplanets
Cosmic chronicles the invention of radial velocity spectrometer around 1868 & how it lead to the search for extrasolar planets.
May 22nd: Is Pluto a Planet?
In 2006, Pluto was officially stripped of its planetary status. Now that debate is being reignited with some astronomers calling for the reinstatement of Pluto as a planet, arguing that the icy world should never have been demoted in the first place. So what is the deal? Is Pluto a planet?