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Top Astronomy Discoveries of 2008

by Guest2461  |  12 years, 8 month(s) ago

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Astronomers have continued to search for the unknown going where none have gone before staking a claim for their king, for their country and for themselves. But the advancement in technology has made their job much easier, cooler and enjoyable.  Better the telescopes and greater the passion more the discoveries.  

From worlds down the street like Mercury and Mars to those beyond our solar system, Astronomers discovered loads of newbie’s this year and I would love for everyone to contribute to a list that can be called the Top Astronomy Discoveries of 2008. ok maybe not everyone but at least those who love star track and the outer world.

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    extrasolar planet total is now well above 300, astronomers might even be track for spotting another Earth.  But November 2008 hits it big when two teams of astronomers reported they had snapped direct images of exoplanets.


    Geoffrey Marcy of the University of California, Berkeley, calls the images "the most spectacular thing in 2008."


    "In my own professional opinion this is by far the most definitive picture of a planet ever taken," Marcy said during a telephone interview, referring to the direct image by the Hubble Space Telescope of the planet called Fomalhaut b.

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