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Saturday, August 27, 2016

Where the night life never ends at PSO J318.5-22


Hello World!
How cool is this poster?


What you don't see is that it discusses the concept of rogue planets. PSO J318.5-22, the planet stylized in this art, was discovered Oct 2013. If you ever felt like you are just free floating through time and space, you are not alone! You can learn more about rogue planets here 

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/13/a-guide-to-lonely-planets-in-the-galaxy/

And for more on J318.5-22 here

http://cfht.hawaii.edu/en/news/LonelyPlanet/

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/planet_pso_j318522_a_giant_bag_of_hot_dust_and_molten_rain-158875

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/um-where-did-this-little-orphan-planet-come-from/280457/

http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-free-floating-exoplanet-01450.html

Pretty exciting STEM! 

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