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Astronomers using NASA’s +Hubble Space Telescope  have gone looking for water vapor in the atmospheres of three planets orbiting stars similar to the Sun — and have come up nearly dry.

The three planets, HD 189733b, HD 209458b, and WASP-12b, are between 60 and 900 light-years away. These giant gaseous worlds are so hot, with temperatures between 1,500 and 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, that they are ideal candidates for detecting water vapor in their atmospheres.

However, to the surprise of the researchers, the planets surveyed have only one-tenth to one one-thousandth the amount of water predicted by standard planet-formation theories.

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr. +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis as they discuss these intriguing findings with the astronomers who made the observations.

And as always, we welcome your comments and questions!  See you there!

Here is s a link to the STScI Press Release:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/36/

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Recent observations from the +Hubble Space Telescope  have uncovered an uncanny 100,000-light-year-long structure that looks like a string of pearls twisted into a corkscrew shape that winds around the cores of two colliding galaxies.

The unusual structure may yield new insights into the formation of stellar superclusters, the merger-driven growth of galaxies, and gas dynamics in the rarely seen merger process of two giant elliptical galaxies.

Please join +Tony Darnell  Dr. +Carol Christian  and +Scott Lewis Lewis as they discuss this discovery with the astronomers who made the observations and working to understand the origin of this chain of young, blue “super star clusters”.

As always, your comments and questions are encouraged and welcome!

Here is s a link to the STScI Press Release:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/26/

Backyard stargazers get a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events with “Tonight’s Sky.” In August, planets drift together into a stately dance.

“Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes — and other astronomy videos — at HubbleSite.org.

Visit Tonight’s Sky on HubbleSite.
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky

What telescopes are needed to see exoplanets directly? Can we do it with the #Hubble Space Telescope? What would we see if we could design a telescope specifically for imaging planets around other stars?

Are there any telescopes in the planning stages?  The answer is yes.  Astronomers are currently planning and building several telescopes that will directly resolve telescopes including #JWST  and the Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST).

Please join +Tony Darnell Dr. +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis as they discuss the technical challenges of imaging exoplanets directly with Dr. Mark Clampin of #NASA and the telescopes that are being designed and built to perform these very difficult observations. 

As always, we welcome your comments and questions!

#hubble   #exoplanets

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Have you ever wondered how astronomers decide what the +Hubble Space Telescope observes?   Who gets access to the most powerful telescope in orbit above the Earth? How do we determine what objects Hubble focuses on?

Follow us on a journey as an observing proposal for the Hubble Space Telescope goes from idea to observations to data to analysis. Please join +Tony Darnell +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis as they discuss how the Hubble Space Telescope is used with the astronomers who are charged with its operation.

We hope you’ll comment and ask questions as well!

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