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03-28-2014, 08:54 PM
Habitable Planets Could be Found With Digital Camera
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The tech**logy you use to snap selfies is **w being used to photograph planets trillions of miles away — a process which could help determine which ones may be hospitable to humans.
Astro**mers for the first time have captured an image of an exoplanet — a planet that exists outside of our solar system — with an earth-based telescope that uses the same sensors found in a digital camera.
See also: Space Selfies Are Go! Interactive Orbital Camera Gets Funding (http://mashable.com/2013/06/20/arkyd-telescope-kickstarter-funded/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Though the tech**logy still has a long way to go, the digital camera puts astro**mers one step closer to being able to photograph exoplanets in visible light. Previous attempts used infrared tech**logy, which works by detecting heat. That meant older planets, which have cooled off since they've formed and might be habitable, couldn't be captured. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/28/exoplanet-picture/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The tech**logy you use to snap selfies is **w being used to photograph planets trillions of miles away — a process which could help determine which ones may be hospitable to humans.
Astro**mers for the first time have captured an image of an exoplanet — a planet that exists outside of our solar system — with an earth-based telescope that uses the same sensors found in a digital camera.
See also: Space Selfies Are Go! Interactive Orbital Camera Gets Funding (http://mashable.com/2013/06/20/arkyd-telescope-kickstarter-funded/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Though the tech**logy still has a long way to go, the digital camera puts astro**mers one step closer to being able to photograph exoplanets in visible light. Previous attempts used infrared tech**logy, which works by detecting heat. That meant older planets, which have cooled off since they've formed and might be habitable, couldn't be captured. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/28/exoplanet-picture/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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