Astronomers have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is more than twice as large in size. This discovery has planet formation theorists challenged to explain how such a world could have formed. Just when you think youve got it all figured out, nature gives you a huge surprise – in this case, literally, said Natalie Batalha, Kepler mission scientist at NASAs Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. Isnt science marvelous? Image Credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/David Aguilar
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:23:55 +0000
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