10-23-2021, 10:23 PM
Scientists at UH Manoa have discovered one of the youngest planets ever with the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea:
... it formed with its star several million years ago at about the time the main Hawaiian Islands first emerged above the ocean.
... so young that it is still hot from the energy released during its formation, with a temperature similar to the lava erupting from Kilauea Volcano.
“Two of the world’s largest telescopes, adaptive optics technology, and Maunakea’s clear skies were all needed to make this discovery,” said co-author Michael Liu, an astronomer at IfA. “We are all looking forward to more such discoveries and more detailed studies of such planets with the technologies and telescopes of the future.”
https://www.kitv.com/story/45029100/uh-l...telescopes
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... it formed with its star several million years ago at about the time the main Hawaiian Islands first emerged above the ocean.
... so young that it is still hot from the energy released during its formation, with a temperature similar to the lava erupting from Kilauea Volcano.
“Two of the world’s largest telescopes, adaptive optics technology, and Maunakea’s clear skies were all needed to make this discovery,” said co-author Michael Liu, an astronomer at IfA. “We are all looking forward to more such discoveries and more detailed studies of such planets with the technologies and telescopes of the future.”
https://www.kitv.com/story/45029100/uh-l...telescopes
The comment at the bottom of the article by makuakane04 is priceless.