NASA and the ESA are outsmarting themselves as time is passing by and becoming more efficient and effective with exploring the outer horizon of space along with gaining more knowledge of our solar system.
Scientists have come up with a new theory which converses that sometime in past, maybe billions of years back or so, Jupiter could very possibly have been much more rampant in behavior than it is now. On a more important note, this sort of behavior might as well as have had a grave impact on the initial stage of our solar system.
Gregory Laughlin, the co-author of the study, stated “Our theory predicts that there should be an anti-correlation between the presence of super-Earth planets with short orbital periods, and the presence of a giant planet with an orbital period of roughly a year or more. The validity of this anti-correlation should be testable with NASA’s TESS Mission, currently planned for launch in 2017.”
Laughlin, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California-Santa Cruz further said “There were collisions — high-speed smash-ups — which made a lot of fragments, hitting other fragments, in a chain reaction.”
Laughlin also stated that this theory, “In the context of our hypothesis, Earth-mass planets should be very common. Truly Earth-like planets, however, with solid surfaces and atmospheric pressures similar to what we have here on Earth, would be expected to be rather rare.”
This theory is obviously standing on the grounds of the most recent evidence, and that means there is a chance of it not being a reality after all, but isn’t that how all theory go? A hunch based on relevant evidence?
It is perceptible that it is vital to conduct more study on this subject to find more appropriate and relevant information on this matter as well as to understand the implications of this theory or as to whether a new one should be formulated after all.
To conclude Laughlin has said that “I would hazard a guess that the Earth will indeed turn out to be rather special. It will be very interesting to see how this hypothesis holds up over the coming years and decades as we learn more about extrasolar planets.”
