Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets

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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/

Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets

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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/

Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets

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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/

Nerd³ FW – Road Redemption

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Directed by Micheal Bay.

Game Link: http://www.roadredemption.com/

End theme by the incredible Dan Bull:
http://www.youtube.com/user/douglby

All other music is in game music. It makes me want to hit people with chains. (Don’t try this at home kids/grown-ups)

Nerd³ Site!
http://nerdcubed.co.uk/

Dad³ Channel!
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialDadCubed

Second Channel!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Officiallynerdcubed

Twitch Channel!
http://www.twitch.tv/nerdcubed

Nerd³ Twitter!

Subreddit!
http://www.reddit.com/r/nerdcubed

T-Shirts!
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power

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Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield disproportionate influence over everyone else. “We need to make civics sexy again,” says civics educator Eric Liu. “As sexy as it was during the American Revolution or the Civil Rights Movement.”

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