Top 3 Discoveries of the Decade
Published on Nov 21, 2015
Top 3 Astronomical Discoveries of the Last Decade
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Top 3 Astronomıcal Discoverıes
of the Last Decade
5. Pluto-Sized Eris Rocks Solar System
Photo by Hari Hamartia
Mike Brown's 2005 discovery of Eris was the trigger
that changed the face of our solar system,
Photo by Jason Reed
6. Alien Planets Seen Directly
Photo by Luz Adriana Villa A.
In 2008, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and
the infrared Keck and Gemini observatories in Hawaii announced
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that they had "seen" exoplanets orbiting distant stars.
The two observatories had taken images of these alien worlds.
Photo by Digital Vision.
The Keck observation was the infrared detection of three exoplanets
orbiting a star called HR8799, 150 light-years from Earth.
Photo by charlesw.baileyjr
Hubble spotted one massive exoplanet orbiting the star Fomalhaut
25 light-years from Earth.
Photo by Perrenque
3. Mars Surface Gives up Signs of Water
Photo by Instant Vantage
In 2008, NASA's Mars Phoenix lander touched down on the Red Planet
to confirm the presence of water and seek out signs of organic compounds.
Photo by Luz Adriana Villa A.
This discovery not only confirmed the presence of water on the Red Planet,
it reenergized the hope that some kind of microbial life
Photo by Dynamic Graphics
might be using this water supply to survive.
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