Greetings, Galahad fans. We want to be sure to get 2010 off on the right foot here at Club Galahad headquarters, so we’re cramming two very cool stories into one Space & Science blog post. Let’s dig in!
The first story that got our attention this morning was this gem from Space.com about the rocky planet CoRoT-7b, which orbits a star roughly 480 light years away. CoRoT-7b (catchy name for a planet, right?) is Earth-like in the sense that it is rocky instead of gaseous, but as it turns out, the climate is not so hospitable. Astronomers speculate that temperatures on CoRoT-7b range from 4000 degrees to minus-350 degrees Fahrenheit, and that various volcanoes may be in a state of continuous eruption. Yikes.
Also on our radar today (and also courtesy of our friends at Space.com) is this short video series on black holes. Each of the videos runs about five minutes, and each is jam-packed with good information that makes us simultaneously excited and frightened. Black holes really are amazing.
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