{"id":9613,"date":"2015-01-09T13:36:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9613"},"modified":"2015-01-09T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:36:33","slug":"space-art-planetquest-exoplanet-travel-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9613","title":{"rendered":"Space art: PlanetQuest Exoplanet Travel Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA’s\u00a0PlanetQuest<\/a>\u00a0website, which provides info on\u00a0the search for earth-like exoplanets, now offers beautiful\u00a0posters in\u00a0the\u00a0Exoplanet Travel Series<\/a>. \u00a0The set currently includes\u00a0posters for three distant planets of particular interest:<\/p>\n

\"Kepler-186f_39x27[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kepler-186f<\/a> is the first Earth-size planet discovered in the potentially ‘habitable zone’ around another star, where liquid water could exist on the planet’s surface. Its star is much cooler and redder than our Sun. If plant life does exist on a planet like Kepler-186f, its photosynthesis could have been influenced by the star’s red-wavelength photons, making for a color palette that’s very different than the greens on Earth. This discovery was made by Kepler, NASA’s planet hunting telescope.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"HD_40307g_20x30[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Twice as big in volume as the Earth, HD 40307g<\/a> straddles the line between “Super-Earth” and “mini-Neptune” and scientists aren’t sure if it has a rocky surface or one that’s buried beneath thick layers of gas and ice. One thing is certain though: at eight time the Earth’s mass, its gravitational pull is much, much stronger.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Kepler-16b_20x-30[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Like Luke Skywalker’s planet “Tatooine” in Star Wars, Kepler-16b<\/a> orbits a pair of stars. Depicted here as a terrestrial planet, Kepler-16b might also be a gas giant like Saturn. Prospects for life on this unusual world aren’t good, as it has a temperature similar to that of dry ice. But the discovery indicates that the movie’s iconic double-sunset is anything but science fiction.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASA’s\u00a0PlanetQuest\u00a0website, which provides info on\u00a0the search for earth-like exoplanets, now offers beautiful\u00a0posters in\u00a0the\u00a0Exoplanet Travel Series. \u00a0The set currently includes\u00a0posters for three distant planets of particular interest:   Kepler-186f is the first Earth-size planet discovered in the potentially ‘habitable zone’ around another star, where liquid water could exist on the planet’s surface. Its star is much … Continue reading Space art: PlanetQuest Exoplanet Travel Posters<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,36,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exoplanets","category-multiple-media","category-space-arts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2v3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7397,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7397","url_meta":{"origin":9613,"position":0},"title":"Kepler space telescope finds first earth-size planet in habitable zone","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from the NASA Kepler mission: NASA's Kepler Telescope Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone' Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the \"habitable zone\" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"PIA18000_ip","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/PIA18000_ip-1024x575.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5946,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5946","url_meta":{"origin":9613,"position":1},"title":"American Astronomical Society conf + New Kepler results + Reviving Kepler + Starshades","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0\u00a0223rd Meeting\u00a0\u00a0of the\u00a0American Astronomical Society is taking place in Washington this week. 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