Administration: Individual. The DAB-4 is a revision of one of the most popular individual achievement tests available. Its 8 subtests identify studentsâ strengths and weaknesses across important areas of school achievement. A supplemental manual shows how to probe student responses to obtain information about studentsâ thinking processes and problem-solving strategies.
In 1992, the first evidence of a planetary system other than our own was discovered, orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12. Three years later, 51 Pegasi b, the first extrasolar planet around a Sunlike star, was discovered.
Planets beyond Neptune. Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. The search began in the mid-19th century and culminated at the start of the 20th with Percival Lowell's quest for Planet X. Lowell proposed the Planet X hypothesis to explain apparent discrepancies in the orbits of the giant planets, particularly Uranus and Neptune, speculating that the gravity of a large unseen ninth planet could have perturbed Uranus enoug