11 de setembro de 2009

Bons tempos para a Astronomia

Era magnífico se a Alfa Centauro tivesse planetas, e, se não é já agora pedir muito, um planeta tipo Terra daria muito geito (ver aqui, por exemplo)
"Ponder for a moment where we are, a point in history where we’re about to answer some questions that have preoccupied scientists for decades. Does Alpha Centauri have planets around either of its main stars? Debra Fischer or Michel Mayor’s Geneva team, working separately, may well have an answer within a few short years (and, perhaps, even months). Are there other terrestrial worlds out there, and in what number? Both Kepler and COROT are sending us data that will help us make a preliminary call, again within just a few years. And now WISE, which may soon be able to tell us whether there is indeed a brown dwarf closer than Centauri. Has there ever been a time of astronomical discovery more packed with excitement than this one?"

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