«This is the first time we have been able to
see planetary formation with this method,» Hinz says.
Not exact matches
The
formation of the stars, the creation within those stars of the periodic table of elements and the
formation of the planets and
planetary systems can be
seen as the «free will principle» of the material dimension of the universe.
Not at all, as can be
seen by replacing the words «natural explanations» with the words «scientific accounts»: «If one is happy with scientific accounts of the
formation of stars and
planetary systems, why not of plants and animals?»
These simulations help scientists gain insight into faraway objects and events — a collision of galaxies, the progression of a supernova explosion, the
formation of a
planetary system — that they can not
see firsthand.
The story the computers tell is based on the «interacting stellar winds» model of
planetary formation, and it corresponds startlingly well with the images astronomers
see in the sky.
The
planetary scientist who, along with Asphaug, helped vault the giant - impact mechanism for the moon's
formation into wide acceptance,
sees value in the new hypothesis.
On September 24, 2002, astronomers at the
Planetary Systems and their Formation Workshop announced the preliminary confirmation of a long - suspected, Jupiter - type planetary companion within two AUs of Gamma Cephei A (see: MacDonald Observatory's Gamma Cephei and press release; Tautenburg Observatory in German; DPS session summary; Walker et al, 1992; Lawton and Wright, 1989; and Campbell et al, 1988 — more detail
Planetary Systems and their
Formation Workshop announced the preliminary confirmation of a long - suspected, Jupiter - type
planetary companion within two AUs of Gamma Cephei A (see: MacDonald Observatory's Gamma Cephei and press release; Tautenburg Observatory in German; DPS session summary; Walker et al, 1992; Lawton and Wright, 1989; and Campbell et al, 1988 — more detail
planetary companion within two AUs of Gamma Cephei A (
see: MacDonald Observatory's Gamma Cephei and press release; Tautenburg Observatory in German; DPS session summary; Walker et al, 1992; Lawton and Wright, 1989; and Campbell et al, 1988 — more details below).
A theory on why we don't
see more life (much less alien civilizations) argues that life might arise easily, but go extinct within a billion years of
planetary formation.