As researchers discover genuine exoplanets, sci-fi authors alter their vision of alien worlds
This artist's view reveals the hot Jupiter exoplanet 51 Pegasi b, often described as Bellerophon, which orbits a star about 50 light-years from Earth in the northern constellation of Pegasus (The Winged Horse). 51 Pegasi b, found in 1995, was the very first exoplanet ever discovered orbiting around a typical star. (Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org))
Patterns in the manner in which exoplanets are portrayed in sci-fi (sf) have actually altered because the very first genuine exoplanet around a sun-like star was found in 1995, states a brand-new research study from scientists at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.Before it was understood for sure that there were worlds orbiting other stars, we had actually been checking out such worlds through sf, w...