Two European satellites launch on mission to blot out the Sun—for science
The two Proba-3 satellites launched from India at 5:34 am EST (10:34 UTC) Thursday, riding a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ...
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Hubble Telescope peeks at star with planet-forming disk that gets 3 times hotter than the sun
"You could lose, or at least completely fry, rocky planets forming close to such a star." ...
Spaceship that will block out Sun being launched
Proba-3 will be able to create solar eclipses on demand, observing closer to the edge of the Sun than any previous instrument ...
Hubble Reveals a Star Disk Three Times Hotter Than the Sun’s Surface
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the accretion disk around the young star FU Orionis is ...
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Hubble Telescope peeks at star with planet-forming disk that gets 3 times hotter than the sun
In fact, scientists believe that the region where FU Orionis's planet-forming disk touches the star's surface glows at around 16,000 Kelvin — three times hotter than the surface of our sun.
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The Simpsons got it right again as the European Space Agency plans to block out the sun
The European Space Agency has built a satellite that will block the light coming from our star to create a man-made solar ...