Tag: planet discovery
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How to Discover a Planet Beyond Our Solar System: From 51 Pegasi b to Modern Exoplanet Hunting
Introduction: The Groundbreaking Start of Exoplanet Discovery On October 6, 1995, a watershed moment in astronomy occurred at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy. Michel Mayor and his Ph.D. student Didier Queloz announced the first planet orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system: 51 Pegasi b. This discovery proved that planetary systems beyond our…
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From 51 Pegasi b to Earth-like Worlds: How We Discover Planets Beyond Our Solar System
How the first exoplanet was found On October 6, 1995, a pivotal discovery reshaped our view of the cosmos. Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and his Ph.D. student Didier Queloz announced the detection of a planet orbiting a star beyond our Sun. The star was 51 Pegasi, about 50 light years away in the Pegasus constellation,…
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Planet Y: Scientists Hint at a Hidden World Orbiting at the Edge of the Solar System
Unveiling a Potential Hidden Planet at the Solar System’s Edge In a development that could upend our understanding of the solar system, scientists are examining evidence for a still-undetected world dubbed “Planet Y.” While this planet has not been directly observed, researchers say unusual inclinations in the orbits of roughly 50 distant Kuiper Belt objects…