Sentences with phrase «see planets outside our solar system»

Closer to home, the big telescopes have an equally intriguing assignment: to see planets outside our solar system.

Not exact matches

If you look at exoplanets (ie those outside our solar system), you see bizarre things: planets of fiery magma, which resemble hell; Planets of ice and colder than the Arctic; Planets that consist only of water or purplanets of fiery magma, which resemble hell; Planets of ice and colder than the Arctic; Planets that consist only of water or purPlanets of ice and colder than the Arctic; Planets that consist only of water or purPlanets that consist only of water or pure iron.

At 21 light - years away, the planet is the closest outside of our solar system that can be seen crossing, or transiting, its star — a bonus for astronomers because transiting planets make ideal specimens for detailed studies of their atmospheres.

[See «Have Planets Been Discovered Outside the Solar System?»