Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/files.php?file= http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/ http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronautics/planck_space_telecope.html Astronautics Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:19:00 +0000 Planck is Europe’s first mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronautics/herschel.html Astronautics Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:53:00 +0000 Herschel is the largest space telescope ever launched. Its 3.5 m-diameter mirror will give astronomers their best view yet of the Universe at far-infrared and sub-millimetre wavelengths. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/exoplanets/kepler_space_telescope.html Exoplanets Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:58:00 +0000 The Kepler Space Telescope from NASA is designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The telescope is named after the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), which is best known for the Kepler's laws of planetary motion. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/specials/results_huygens_mission.html Specials Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:14:00 +0000 After a journey of 7 years on board the American Cassini spacecraft the little European space probe Huygens was released on 25 December 2004 and reached the upper layer of Titan's atmosphere on 14 January 2005. After a parachute descent of 2 hours and 28 minutes the probe landed on the mysterious Saturn moon Titan. Now the first results were released by the European Space Agency (ESA). http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronomy/black_holes.html Astronomy Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Black holes are objects so dense that not even light can escape their gravity and since nothing can travel faster than light, nothing can escape from inside a black hole. The expression black hole was coined by John Wheeler. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronomy/brown_dwarfs.html Astronomy Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:54:00 +0000 Brown dwarfs are the link between stars and planets and are not massive enough like stars on the main sequence and sometimes called as failed stars. As a result of their mass-poor they don't start the hydrogen fusion. But brown dwarfs heavier than 13 Jupiter masses do fuse deuterium. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronautics/chandra.html Astronautics Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:44:00 +0000 The Chandra X-ray Observatory, formerly known as the Advanced X-ray Astronomical Facility (AXAF), launched by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999 and belongs to NASA's Great Observatory program. Also to the program belong the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telecope. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/exoplanets/corot_space_telecope.html Exoplanets Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:28:00 +0000 COROT stands for Convection Rotation and planetary Transits and is a big step forward for the ESA for the search after extrasolar planets. It is the first mission for the search after rocky planets around nearby stars. Furthermore it is the first European Mission for asteroseismology at other stars. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronautics/dawn_mission.html Astronautics Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:07:00 +0000 NASA's Dawn Mission will examine the asteroids Ceres and Vesta. In fact in March 2006 was the Mission canceled but short time later the NASA Management decided to reinstate the Dawn mission, because many scientist all over the world supported the mission. http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/astronautics/deep_impact.html Astronautics Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:02:00 +0000 NASA's Deep Impact mission is the astronomical highlight of the year, because for the first time a probe will hit a comet to reveal the secrets of its interior. The Deep Impact probe releases 24 h befor the arrival at the target Tempel 1 the small "impactor" (370 kg) which predominantly consists of copper. extrasolar-planets.com