CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA SAYS THERE ARE SMALL PLANETS AND BIG PLANETS, BUT ALMOST NO MEDIUM SIZE OBJECTS IN BETWEEN, WHICH COULD TELL US SOMETHING IMPORTANT ABOUT HOW PLANETS FORM. HE SAYS THIS INFORMATION COULD ONE DAY LEAD TO NEW TECHNOLOGY, JUST LIKE SPACE RESEARCH LED TO GPS AND THE MICROWAVE. HE SAYS IT COULD TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WAS FORMED. I AM THE FIRST TO POINT OUT THIS GAP AS TELLING US SOMETHING ABOUT PLANET FORMATION, SO WE CAN NOW DO. STATISTICS. WE CAN LOOK AT THESE OBJECTS AND TRY TO FIND TRENDS. LYRA AND HIS TEAM ARE NOW USING COMPUTER MODELS TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHY. WE DON’T SEE MANY MEDIUM SIZED SPACE OBJECTS. LOOKING SPECIFICALLY A
Wladimir Lyra, an astronomer at New Mexico State University, has identified a gap in planet sizes during his space research, which may offer insights into how planets form and the universe’s origins. Lyra said there are small planets and big planets but almost no medium-sized objects in between, which could tell us something important about how planets form.”I am the first to point out this gap as telling us something about planet formation,” Lyra said. “So we can now do statistics, we can look at these objects and try to find trends.”Lyra explained that this information could one day lead to new technologies, just like space research led to GPS and microwaves. He said it could also tell us more about how the universe was formed.Lyra and his team are now using computer models to try to find out why we don’t see many medium-sized space objects, looking specifically at how dust affects these objects as they grow.
Wladimir Lyra, an astronomer at New Mexico State University, has identified a gap in planet sizes during his space research, which may offer insights into how planets form and the universe’s origins. Lyra said there are small planets and big planets but almost no medium-sized objects in between, which could tell us something important about how planets form.
“I am the first to point out this gap as telling us something about planet formation,” Lyra said. “So we can now do statistics, we can look at these objects and try to find trends.”
Lyra explained that this information could one day lead to new technologies, just like space research led to GPS and microwaves. He said it could also tell us more about how the universe was formed.
Lyra and his team are now using computer models to try to find out why we don’t see many medium-sized space objects, looking specifically at how dust affects these objects as they grow.