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- At Last, Voyager 1 Slips Into Interstellar Space
Humankind has officially extended its reach to the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft exited the vast bubble of particles that encircles the sun and planets on August 25, 2012, mission scientists report September 12 in Science. At...
- Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
Link .......... Here's the story to the video above (Source): On October 13, 1994, the famous astronomer Carl Sagan was delivering a public lecture at his own university of Cornell. During that lecture, he presented this photo: The photo above was...
- Neil Degrasse Tyson: My Favorite Universe Lectures
Link to lectures: 1 - On Being Round 2 - On Being Rarefied 3 - On Being Dense 4 - Death by Black Hole 5 - Ends of the World 6 - Coming Attractions 7 - Onward to the Edge 8 - In Defense of the Big Bang 9 - The Greatest Story Ever Told 10 - Forged in the...
- Star Is Caught Devouring Planet
Found via Naked Capitalism. Astronomers have found evidence for a planet being devoured by its star, yielding insights into the fate that will befall Earth in billions of years. The team uncovered the signature of a planet that had been "eaten" by looking...
- Scientists Spot Nearby 'super-earth'
Astronomers announced this week they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size to Earth. While the planet probably has too thick of an atmosphere and is too hot to support life similar to that found on Earth, the discovery...
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Most Earthlike planets yet seen bring Kepler closer to its holy grail
They’re not quite Earth’s twins, but they might be its big sisters. Two planets slightly larger than Earth have been found by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The planets circle their star at a distance seemingly just right for life. Detailed in research published April 18 in Science, the two planets are likely the first of many that, at least from a distance, look a whole lot like home.
“It’s just the tip of the iceberg,” says Sara Seager, an astronomer at MIT who was not part of the study. “When one type of object is found, there are many more just under the surface waiting to be discovered.”
- At Last, Voyager 1 Slips Into Interstellar Space
Humankind has officially extended its reach to the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft exited the vast bubble of particles that encircles the sun and planets on August 25, 2012, mission scientists report September 12 in Science. At...
- Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
Link .......... Here's the story to the video above (Source): On October 13, 1994, the famous astronomer Carl Sagan was delivering a public lecture at his own university of Cornell. During that lecture, he presented this photo: The photo above was...
- Neil Degrasse Tyson: My Favorite Universe Lectures
Link to lectures: 1 - On Being Round 2 - On Being Rarefied 3 - On Being Dense 4 - Death by Black Hole 5 - Ends of the World 6 - Coming Attractions 7 - Onward to the Edge 8 - In Defense of the Big Bang 9 - The Greatest Story Ever Told 10 - Forged in the...
- Star Is Caught Devouring Planet
Found via Naked Capitalism. Astronomers have found evidence for a planet being devoured by its star, yielding insights into the fate that will befall Earth in billions of years. The team uncovered the signature of a planet that had been "eaten" by looking...
- Scientists Spot Nearby 'super-earth'
Astronomers announced this week they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size to Earth. While the planet probably has too thick of an atmosphere and is too hot to support life similar to that found on Earth, the discovery...