http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/04/17/possibly-habitable-earth-sized-planet-discovered
April 17, 2014 - Discover Magazine blog
Exoplanets are fun and all, but those hot Jupiters and super Neptunes
and such are kind of beside the point. Everyone knows the real search
is for a planet like ours: rocky, smallish, and capable of hosting
liquid water. And now scientists have found one, named Kepler-186f — an
Earth-sized planet in its star’s habitable zone, the area where
conditions aren’t too hot or too cold, but just right, for liquid water
to be possible.
The planet orbits a star about 500 light-years away called Kepler-186 and was discovered by the Kepler telescope (and then confirmed at the Keck and Gemini
Observatories). The discovery technically includes four other
exoplanets found around the star, but Kepler-186f is the only one in the
habitable zone. Scientists found them all using the “transit method,”
which is just basically looking at stars and waiting for planets to pass
in front, dimming the star’s light a little bit.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Kepler Has Found the First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in a Habitable Zone!
http://www.universetoday.com/111319/kepler-has-found-the-first-earth-sized-exoplanet-in-a-habitable-zone/
April 17, 2014 - Universe Today
It’s truly a “eureka” moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star’s habitable “Goldilocks” zone, the narrow belt where liquid water could readily exist on a planet’s surface without freezing solid or boiling away. And while it’s much too soon to tell if this really is a “twin Earth,” we can now be fairly confident that they do in fact exist.
April 17, 2014 - Universe Today
It’s truly a “eureka” moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star’s habitable “Goldilocks” zone, the narrow belt where liquid water could readily exist on a planet’s surface without freezing solid or boiling away. And while it’s much too soon to tell if this really is a “twin Earth,” we can now be fairly confident that they do in fact exist.
Observatories find first possibly habitable planet outside solar system
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system
April 17, 2014 - West Hawaii Today
April 17, 2014 - West Hawaii Today
wo
Mauna Kea observatories confirmed this week the discovery of the first
potentially habitable Earth-sized planet found outside our own solar
system.
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
Two Mauna Kea observatories
confirmed this week the discovery of the first potentially habitable
Earth-sized planet found outside our own solar system.
“What makes this finding
particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting
this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where
water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute
and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in
the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck
and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to
confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according
to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
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Two
Mauna Kea observatories confirmed this week the discovery of the first
potentially habitable Earth-sized planet found outside our own solar
system.
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
Two
Mauna Kea observatories confirmed this week the discovery of the first
potentially habitable Earth-sized planet found outside our own solar
system.
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
wo
Mauna Kea observatories confirmed this week the discovery of the first
potentially habitable Earth-sized planet found outside our own solar
system.
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
“What makes this finding particularly compelling is that this Earth-sized planet, one of five orbiting this star, which is cooler than the sun, resides in a temperate region where water could exist in liquid form,” said Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, who led a paper on the discovery published in the current issue of the journal Science.
The Hawaii Island-based W.M. Keck and Gemini observatories participated in collecting and analyzing data to confirm the initial discovery, made using the Kepler Space Telescope, according to Keck’s communications officer, Steve Jefferson.
- See more at: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/observatories-find-first-possibly-habitable-planet-outside-solar-system#sthash.JuoMaleC.dpuf
Monday, February 3, 2014
Kiriosity: Gemini Planet Imager (Youtube video)
http://youtu.be/pgU14UQ-Pj0
January 29, 2014 - Kiriosity
On January 7th, 2014, the Gemini Observatory released information regarding its first findings with the Gemini Planet Imager.
January 29, 2014 - Kiriosity
On January 7th, 2014, the Gemini Observatory released information regarding its first findings with the Gemini Planet Imager.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
The Gemini Planet Imager: Worlds Made Visible
http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2014/20140113-gemini-planet-imager-macintosh-marchis.html
January 13, 2014 - Planetary Society
Radio show on GPI with guests Bruce Macintosh and Franck Marchis.
January 13, 2014 - Planetary Society
Radio show on GPI with guests Bruce Macintosh and Franck Marchis.
Captan desde Chile la imagen directa de un exoplaneta
http://www.biobiochile.cl/2014/01/09/captan-desde-chile-la-imagen-directa-de-un-exoplaneta.shtml
January 9, 2014 - biobiochile.cl
El instrumento astronómico Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), instalado en el telescopio Gemini Sur en la Región de Coquimbo, logró captar la imagen directa de un exoplaneta llamado Beta Pictoris b.
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January 9, 2014 - biobiochile.cl
El instrumento astronómico Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), instalado en el telescopio Gemini Sur en la Región de Coquimbo, logró captar la imagen directa de un exoplaneta llamado Beta Pictoris b.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Se inicia una nueva era para los cazadores de exoplanetas
http://espacioprofundo.es/2014/01/07/se-inicia-una-nueva-era-para-los-cazadores-de-exoplanetas/
January 7, 2014 - Espacio Profundo
Hasta ahora, nos hemos tenido que conformar con datos que señalan la
presencia de planetas en torno a otras estrellas, pero los datos son
impersonales. Pero un nuevo instrumento instalado en uno de los
telescopios más poderosos del mundo ha abierto su ojo infrarrojo para
mostrarnos una imagen real de un planeta que se encuentra en la órbita
de una estrella cercana y el de un anillo de polvo protoplanetario en
torno a otro sol más lejano.
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January 7, 2014 - Espacio Profundo
Hasta ahora, nos hemos tenido que conformar con datos que señalan la
presencia de planetas en torno a otras estrellas, pero los datos son
impersonales. Pero un nuevo instrumento instalado en uno de los
telescopios más poderosos del mundo ha abierto su ojo infrarrojo para
mostrarnos una imagen real de un planeta que se encuentra en la órbita
de una estrella cercana y el de un anillo de polvo protoplanetario en
torno a otro sol más lejano....
Una nueva ventana al estudio de los exoplanetas
http://www.astrofisicayfisica.com/2014/01/una-nueva-ventana-al-estudio-de-los.html
January 8, 2014 - Astrofísica y Física
Después de casi una década de desarrollo, construcción y pruebas, el instrumento más avanzado del mundo para obtener imágenes de forma directa de los exoplanetas y su posterior análisis, ya está listo e instalado en el telescopio de 8 metros Géminis Sur en Chile.
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January 8, 2014 - Astrofísica y Física
Después de casi una década de desarrollo, construcción y pruebas, el instrumento más avanzado del mundo para obtener imágenes de forma directa de los exoplanetas y su posterior análisis, ya está listo e instalado en el telescopio de 8 metros Géminis Sur en Chile.
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La Gemini Planetary Imager está en marcha.El espectáculo de fotografiar exoplanetas comienza
http://milesdemillones.com/2014/01/07/la-gemini-planetary-imager-esta-en-marcha-el-espectaculo-de-fotografiar-exoplanetas-comienza/
January 7, 2014 -milesdemillones
La visión directa de un mundo situado a centenares de años luz de nosotros es una de las imágenes que más me ha impactado dentro de la astronomía moderna.
Hasta ahora este tipo de instantáneas son muy escasas en número, pero eso va a cambiar. Comienza el periodo de actividades de la Gemini Planetary Imager (GPI). Esta cámara va a capturar la imagen directa de docenas de exoplanetas , y eso puede colapsar de posts este humilde blog.
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January 7, 2014 -milesdemillones
La visión directa de un mundo situado a centenares de años luz de nosotros es una de las imágenes que más me ha impactado dentro de la astronomía moderna.
Hasta ahora este tipo de instantáneas son muy escasas en número, pero eso va a cambiar. Comienza el periodo de actividades de la Gemini Planetary Imager (GPI). Esta cámara va a capturar la imagen directa de docenas de exoplanetas , y eso puede colapsar de posts este humilde blog.
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Desde Chile captan la imagen directa de un exoplaneta
http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2014/01/659-559939-9-desde-chile-captan-la-imagen-directa-de-un-exoplaneta.shtml
January 9, 2014 - La Tercera
El instrumento Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), el más avanzado de su tipo y que se encuentra instalado en el telescopio Gemini Sur en la región de Coquimbo, captó la imagen directa de un planeta fuera del Sistema Solar llamado Beta Pictoris b.
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January 9, 2014 - La Tercera
El instrumento Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), el más avanzado de su tipo y que se encuentra instalado en el telescopio Gemini Sur en la región de Coquimbo, captó la imagen directa de un planeta fuera del Sistema Solar llamado Beta Pictoris b.
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Primeras imágenes de la cámara más poderosa del mundo para la detección de exoplanetas
http://www.astronomiaonline.com/2014/01/gemini-planet-imager-primeras-imagenes-de-la-camara-mas-poderosa-del-mundo-para-la-deteccion-de-exoplanetas/
January 7, 2014 - Astronomia Online (Argentina)
Luego de casi diez años de desarrollo, construcción y testeo, el instrumento más avanzado del mundo para captar de forma directa imágenes de planetas alrededor de otras estrellas ya está funcionando.
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January 7, 2014 - Astronomia Online (Argentina)
Luego de casi diez años de desarrollo, construcción y testeo, el instrumento más avanzado del mundo para captar de forma directa imágenes de planetas alrededor de otras estrellas ya está funcionando.
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Gemini's First Image Shows a Planet Orbiting a Star 63 Light Years Away
http://gizmodo.com/geminis-first-image-shows-a-planet-orbiting-a-star-63-1497080935
January 8, 2014 - Gizmodo
January 8, 2014 - Gizmodo
It
might not be much to look at, but this image is insanely exciting.
You're looking at the first ever image of a planet, orbiting a star,
over 63 light years from Earth.
Acquired by the world's most powerful planet-hunting instrument, the Gemini Planet Imager,
it shows a 10-million-year-old planet called Beta Pictorus orbiting
its giant parent star. It's the first such image to come from Gemini,
which has been under development for over a decade but is only now
producing data like this.
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Este es el aspecto que tienen un planeta y su estrella a 67 años luz
http://es.gizmodo.com/este-es-el-aspecto-que-tienen-un-planeta-y-su-estrella-1497239717
January 8, 2014 - Gizmodo en Español
Puede no parecer gran cosa, pero la primera imagen que ha tomado el telescopio espacial Gemini Sur tras su remodelación es todo un hito. Se trata del planeta Beta Pictoris b orbitando alrededor de su estrella, y es importante porque ambos están a una distancia de nada menos que 67 años luz de La Tierra.
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January 8, 2014 - Gizmodo en Español
Puede no parecer gran cosa, pero la primera imagen que ha tomado el telescopio espacial Gemini Sur tras su remodelación es todo un hito. Se trata del planeta Beta Pictoris b orbitando alrededor de su estrella, y es importante porque ambos están a una distancia de nada menos que 67 años luz de La Tierra.
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Out-of-this-world first-light images emerge from Gemini Planet Imager
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/01/out-of-this-world-first-light-images-emerge-from-gemini-planet-imager
January 9, 2014 - Astronomy Magazine
The world’s most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets orbiting around other stars is pointing skyward and collecting light from distant worlds.
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January 9, 2014 - Astronomy Magazine
The world’s most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets orbiting around other stars is pointing skyward and collecting light from distant worlds.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Gemini Planet Imager releases first shots
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/08/gemini_planet_imager_releases_first_shots/
January 8, 2014 - The Register
Earth-based exoplanet hunter, the Gemini Planet Imager, has released the results of its first observation run, a direct image of Beta Pictoris b.
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January 8, 2014 - The Register
Earth-based exoplanet hunter, the Gemini Planet Imager, has released the results of its first observation run, a direct image of Beta Pictoris b.
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The Gemini Planet Imager Is Ready to Explore Strange New Worlds
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/07/gemini_planet_imager_new_camera_to_photograph_alien_worlds.html
January 7, 2014 - The Slate Magazine
Get ready to see a lot of exoplanets images pretty soon: The Gemini Planet Imager is online and ready to seek out strange new worlds.
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January 7, 2014 - The Slate Magazine
Get ready to see a lot of exoplanets images pretty soon: The Gemini Planet Imager is online and ready to seek out strange new worlds.
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Super-sensitive Camera Captures a Direct Image of an Exoplanet
http://www.universetoday.com/107854/super-sensitive-camera-captures-a-direct-image-of-an-exoplanet/
January 7, 2014 - Universe Today
The world’s newest and most powerful exoplanet imaging instrument, the recently-installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the 8-meter Gemini South telescope, has captured its first-light infrared image of an exoplanet: Beta Pictoris b
,
which orbits the star Beta Pictoris, the second-brightest star in the
southern constellation Pictor. The planet is pretty obvious in the image
above as a bright clump of pixels just to the lower right of the star
in the middle (which is physically covered by a small opaque disk to
block glare.) But that cluster of pixels is really a distant planet 63
light-years away and several times more massive — as well as 60% larger —
than Jupiter!
January 7, 2014 - Universe Today
The world’s newest and most powerful exoplanet imaging instrument, the recently-installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the 8-meter Gemini South telescope, has captured its first-light infrared image of an exoplanet: Beta Pictoris b
,
which orbits the star Beta Pictoris, the second-brightest star in the
southern constellation Pictor. The planet is pretty obvious in the image
above as a bright clump of pixels just to the lower right of the star
in the middle (which is physically covered by a small opaque disk to
block glare.) But that cluster of pixels is really a distant planet 63
light-years away and several times more massive — as well as 60% larger —
than Jupiter!Gemini Planet Imager ‘First Light’ Photos Released, Shows Planet Orbiting Beta Pictoris In ‘Exquisite Detail’
http://www.ibtimes.com/gemini-planet-imager-first-light-photos-released-shows-planet-orbiting-beta-pictoris-exquisite
January 7, 2014 - International Business Times
The first photos from the world’s most advanced instrument for analyzing distant planets and stars have emerged.
The Gemini Planet Imager, an instrument 10 years in the making, is the first fully optimized planet imager deployed on one of the world’s largest telescopes -- the 8-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile. The $25 million camera had its “first light” on Nov. 11, 2013. Images from this event were released on Wednesday.
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January 7, 2014 - International Business Times
The first photos from the world’s most advanced instrument for analyzing distant planets and stars have emerged.
The Gemini Planet Imager, an instrument 10 years in the making, is the first fully optimized planet imager deployed on one of the world’s largest telescopes -- the 8-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile. The $25 million camera had its “first light” on Nov. 11, 2013. Images from this event were released on Wednesday.
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Weather report for a distant 'brown dwarf'? No problem: partly cloudy
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0107/Weather-report-for-a-distant-brown-dwarf-No-problem-partly-cloudy
January 7, 2014 - The Christian Science Monitor
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Such efforts have received a boost from a new instrument bolted to the back of Gemini South, an 8-meter telescope located high in Chile's Atacama Desert. The new camera, the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), is designed to overcome the twin hurdles of the distorting effects of Earth's atmosphere and the blinding effect of a host star's light to spot and characterize Jupiter-class planets at Jupiter-like distances from their host stars.
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January 7, 2014 - The Christian Science Monitor
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Such efforts have received a boost from a new instrument bolted to the back of Gemini South, an 8-meter telescope located high in Chile's Atacama Desert. The new camera, the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), is designed to overcome the twin hurdles of the distorting effects of Earth's atmosphere and the blinding effect of a host star's light to spot and characterize Jupiter-class planets at Jupiter-like distances from their host stars.
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Alien blue dot spotted: Imager opens new window on exoplanets
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/alien-blue-dot-spotted-imager-opens-new-window-exoplanets-2D11874050
January 7, 2014 - NBC News
The first images from the world's most advanced instrument for seeing planets beyond our solar system show a pale blue dot around an alien star, a faraway dusty disk and a closer-in target: the surface of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.
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January 7, 2014 - NBC News
The first images from the world's most advanced instrument for seeing planets beyond our solar system show a pale blue dot around an alien star, a faraway dusty disk and a closer-in target: the surface of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.
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