Saving Rain Forest Thread number 57!!

Do you trust me?

Should you trust an intoxicated man in bunny ears?

Think about it

March 26, 2005 (AXcess News) Washington - NASA said its Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light from other planets outside our solar system. In all, there have been 130 distant planets discovered.

The planets discovery were achieved using 'wobble' and 'transit' methods. The Wobble technique uses gravitational pull from its parent star, making the star Wobble. And The Transit technique is when the planet passes in front of its star, making the star blink. NASA's space telescope uses visable-light, making it possible to see the planet and assess its size and mass.

Hot Jupitor planet orbiting its sunDr Drake Deming from NASA's Goddard Space Center is studying the two most recently discovered planets, HD 209458b and TrES-1. The Spitzer space telescope discovered the two 'hot Jupiter' planets. Hot Jupiters are extra-solar gas giants moving around their parent stars. They absorb starlight and glow brightly in infrared wavelengths.

In all, there are six Hot Jupiter planets. HD 209458B has a temperature of between 850 °C and 1450 °C, and probably has water vapor in its atmosphere. TrES-1 has a temperature of 800 °C.

Hope you get wet, Piffka.