Friday, November 14, 2008

Hubble Photographs Extra Solar Planets

The Hubble Space Telescope was used to take a photograph of a planet orbiting another star, the first such photograph made. Its just a white dot in the picture, but its an astounding achievement.

Read About it on the NY Times

2 comments:

Josh said...

I was wondering what your solution to the Drake equation would be. Also thanks for writing Linear Algebra Demystified, very helpful!

Anonymous said...

Dr McMahon

Off topic, but for good reason.

I have recently purchased Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, and String Theory Demystified.

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Keep up the good work!