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DAVINCI - SALVATOR MUNDI
Leonardo DaVinci - via Wikipedia Commons
Abu Dhabi version, around 1512 |
- Globe in left hand.
- Brittany, Charles, Douglas (234).
- Oil on walnut (Milan).
- The Louvre Abu Dhabi’s version
of Salvator Mundi.
New Webb image reveals mysterious
planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula
October 5, 2023
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed
surprising pairs of planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula
that have never been detected before.
They're called
JuMBOs (Jupiter Mass Binary Objects) because they're similar in mass to
the planet Jupiter but since they're free floating and don't
orbit planets, they can't be called a planet and they're too
small to be a star (below about 13 Jupiter masses, however, it
is thought that the lower boundary for star formation is 3 to 7
Jupiter masses).
An infrared image of the Orion Nebula shows 'bright
fingers' of gas racing away from an explosion (possibly from
stars colliding) that occurred roughly 500 to 1000 years ago.
Upending the rules of astronomy
The Orion Nebula is located 1,344 light years away.
The Webb Telescope has identified 40 pairs and 2 triple
systems of these mysterious
objects.
Many consider the JuMBOs to be
like rogue planets which begin by orbiting stars before being
ejected although it is hard for scientists to understand how
pairs of them were kicked out (at the same time) while
remaining connected to each other.
They are possibly
ejected planets, but how their binary relationship survived
being spat out from their solar system is not clear.
Alternatively, they could be a new category of failed stars,
but how they became so small is a mystery.
Because this
phenomenon is so unexpected, scientists are rethinking their fundamental
understanding of planet and star formation.
Glow up
“We are halfway through the life of
the sun, so these objects in Orion are 3-day-old babies,” said
Mark J. McCaughrean, senior adviser for science and
exploration at the European Space Agency. “They’re still quite
luminous and warm because the energy they have when they get
created still allows them to glow, which is how we can see
these things in the first place.”
The JuMBOs are about
1million years with infernal surface temperatures of roughly
1,000C. It is very unlikely that they contain alien life!
War in the heavens
The Orion
Nebula can be seen with the naked eye as the fuzzy middle
'star' in the 'sword' of Orion (hunter) constellation who is
in direct opposition to
Ophiuchus (serpent bearer) constellation also named
(Asclepius the healer) which is 13th in Sidereal astrology.
Signed by Leonardo DaVinci
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