This is amazing, before now planets from other stars had only been detected by indirect methods, typically by watching for a “wobble” caused by the gravitational forces on the star itself. But now to have actual photographs of other planets is phenomenal.
In this picture the two dots show where the planet was in 2004 and then again in 2006. The planet orbits a star known as Formalhaut which is about 25 light years from earth and the planet is known as Formalhaut b. It is a gas giant, much larger than Jupiter and it orbits about a 100 times farther from its sun than earth does from ours.
It is believed to be a shepherd planet keeping the massive dust ring from the star neat and tidy much like the shepherd moons of Saturn keeps its rings nice and tight. The planet itself is also believed to have rings of its own.
Allegedly, a team of international astronomers has stated that they’ve found a small solar system orbiting star HR 8799. There are three gas like planets, each of which is at least 5 times larger than Jupiter orbiting this star.
To me this brings up a good question about god and evolution. What possible purpose could there be for other solar systems? If one reads the bible its clear to see that man on this planet is the focus so why the possibility of more life? And if there is no life then what is the point of the extra creation?
Even in our own solar system the other 7 planets are useless to mankind in a strictly religious sense. They’re not habitable and even if they were there’s no way to even get to them really other than Mars maybe.
It just makes no sense, evolution answers why these planets are here in the fact that matter reacts to gravity and forms these things. But according to the bible god would have had to create these seemingly for no reason.
In my opinion this is just another victory for science that will mostly go unrecognized by the rest of this country.
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