Jesse Bhatia
Science Current Event 6
Mr. Ippolito
10/27/21
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky-way-galaxy-astronomy Lisa Grossman 10/25/21 /Acceses 10/27/21
The potential world, called M51-ULS-1b, orbits both a massive star and a dead star in the Whirlpool galaxy, about 28 million light-years from Earth. The summary of this article would be that astronomers have a spot in the first exoplanet and another galaxy. So it is very impressive to spot one of these planets because hunting techniques are difficult to do with such faraway stars, which blend together too much to observe them one by one. A scientist has discovered a way to spot these planets, Di Stefano and astrophysicist Nia Imara of the University of California suggested searching for planets around extragalactic X-ray binaries. Moreover ,On September 20, 2012, an object had blocked all of the X-rays from the X-ray binary M51-ULS-1 for about three hours. Using Stefano‘s process they found this exoplanet using his method. They ruled out gas clouds and other possible options and determined it was an extragalactic planet. Stefano states “We looked and we found something because there was something to find.” Lastly this article was very informative and it was mainly about Stefano using his new method and finding this exoplanet in another galaxy. It might've been luck or just fate. There might be exoplanets among us. I will leave you guys with this.
So connections from this article to society would be that society would go crazy and be very excited to find more exoplanets and that there might be life among us. More connections to society would be that we have found a new way To search for extragalactic planets. Also society would have hit a major step and exploring our galaxy. Also this technique would make a big impact on people and showing that there are exoplanets in our galaxy have a new way to look for them throughout all the stars and planets in the galaxy and universe.There’s no reason to think that other galaxies don’t also host planets. “But the most popular exoplanet hunting techniques are difficult to do with such faraway stars, which blend together too much to observe them one by one.” Another connection to society would be this groundbreaking technology and looking through the galaxy and universe through all these planets and stars and finding these exoplanets that might contain life. Another connection to society would be how people would be excited to know that they were other life or they might be scared yet this is a connection to society. Strengths in this article would be it has us strong researcher with a new method of finding exoplanets. Also strength would be that there are exoplanets and they have discovered one of them using this method. Moreover , a weakness would be there was only one researcher with a method that has been tested. I think this is a strong weakness because towards the end of the article they said I think this was just luck so I really don’t think this article is good. They thought it was locked that they discovered in exoplanet and also this is very weak because their method doesn’t work as well if it’s luck. I think there should be another scientist and astronomy list that has a good method that is not lucky that is reliable and fairly good. I thought this article was good but it only had one scientist that was relied on using luck
Bruno Kahraman
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Mr. Ippolito
October 31, 2021
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky-way-galaxy-astronomy Lisa Grossman 10/25/21 /Acceses 10/27/21
Bronxville HS Core Chemistry: first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky-way-galaxy-astronomy (bhscorechem.blogspot.com)
I read Jesse's Science Current Events review of "First-Exoplanet-Discovery-Outside-milky-way-galaxy-astronomy” by Lisa Grossman in Science News, and I thought Jesse did a good job. One thing I found interesting in the review are the difficulties in spotting one of these distant planets. The review says, “So it is very impressive to spot one of these planets because hunting techniques are difficult to do with such faraway stars, which blend together too much to observe them one by one.” Before reading this, I never took into account the difficulties astronomers had when looking through telescopes. Another thing I found interesting in the review was how the astronomers worked around the problem of stars blending together through the telescope view. It says, “A scientist has discovered a way to spot these planets, Di Stefano and astrophysicist Nia Imara of the University of California suggested searching for planets around extragalactic X-ray binaries.” While I knew that x-rays were used in astronomy, I never heard of stars emitting x-rays. A third thing I found interesting in the review was the scientists’ process of evaluation of the blocking of the x-rays. It says, “Moreover ,On September 20, 2012, an object had blocked all of the X-rays from the X-ray binary M51-ULS-1 for about three hours. Using Stefano‘s process they found this exoplanet using his method. They ruled out gas clouds and other possible options and determined it was an extragalactic planet.” These scientists were able to decide between multiple variables and come to a conclusion. This is an important skill for scientists, especially in astronomy.
While Jesse brought up many interesting points in his review, there were a few inconsistencies that sparked questions for me. One thing I had trouble with in the review was how it was implied that the science was dependent on luck. It says, “ I think there should be another scientist and astronomy list that has a good method that is not lucky that is reliable and fairly good.” While the scientists were lucky to find this planet outside our galaxy, the method is not dependent on luck. It would depend on searching for x-ray sources and observing them for a long time. Another thing I had a problem with in the review was its prediction towards our reaction to the discovery. It says, “So connections from this article to society would be that society would go crazy and be very excited to find more exoplanets and that there might be life among us.” While some might be excited, others won’t have as extreme a reaction. The odds that there is a planet with the perfect set of conditions for life to survive is small.
Jesse’s review had some highs and lows but one important point that he emphasizes is how this technology will impact astronomy as a whole. It says, “Also society would have hit a major step and exploring our galaxy. Also this technique would make a big impact on people and showing that there are exoplanets in our galaxy have a new way to look for them throughout all the stars and planets in the galaxy and universe.” Our universe is practically infinite as far as us humans are aware and our galaxy alone is only a fraction of the universe. Without being able to observe stars and planets outside of our galaxy, we weren’t able to get a larger picture of our universe. This new technique is an important new tool for astronomers to study the farthest parts of the universe. The more emphasis we put on astronomy, the more we’ll get back from it and be able to understand.
Simon Mueller
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Chemistry
1/6/22
Hyperlink:
https://bhscorechem.blogspot.com/2021/10/first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky.html
Original Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky-way-galaxy-astronomy
I am commenting on Jesse's review of the article “Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy” and the first thing that I think he did well was that he introduced the summary of the article to start and he explained it very well. He also did a good job of locating the main idea of the passage and explaining it in detail. In addition, the last thing he did well was how he related the article to today’s life and the benefits it would have, and he explained that this could lead to more understanding about life on other planets.
One thing he could have worked on was explaining the exoplanets and the background research on them. He didn’t tell too much about them, instead, he told them what they would do. Lastly, he could have researched Exoplanets before writing his article to tell us more about them.
In conclusion, I learned a lot from this article, I learned that there could be life on other planets and how the discovery of life could be very beneficial. I was impressed by Jesse’s review and want to learn more about this topic.
Simon Mueller
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Chemistry
1/6/22
Hyperlink:
https://bhscorechem.blogspot.com/2021/10/first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky.html
Original Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-exoplanet-discovery-outside-milky-way-galaxy-astronomy
I am commenting on Jesse's review of the article “Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy” and the first thing that I think he did well was that he introduced the summary of the article to start and he explained it very well. He also did a good job of locating the main idea of the passage and explaining it in detail. In addition, the last thing he did well was how he related the article to today’s life and the benefits it would have, and he explained that this could lead to more understanding about life on other planets.
One thing he could have worked on was explaining the exoplanets and the background research on them. He didn’t tell too much about them, instead, he told them what they would do. Lastly, he could have researched Exoplanets before writing his article to tell us more about them.
In conclusion, I learned a lot from this article, I learned that there could be life on other planets and how the discovery of life could be very beneficial. I was impressed by Jesse’s review and want to learn more about this topic.