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Scientists Have Discovered A Planet They Thought Was Impossible

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Business Insider By Leslie Baehr  The “Godzilla of Earths!” is in the foreground. Behind it is the smaller ‘lava world’. Their sun, in the back, appears to have been created only 3 … Continue reading

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Artful Science Logos Honor Greatest Astronomers and Physicists of All Time

Where would we be as a species without the benefit of the greatest thinkers of all time? We would be inventing gods… Oh wait, we’re still doing that! Oh well, I can assure you we would be much more ignorant … Continue reading

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The biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2013

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: THE WEEK From cloning to potential alien life By The Week Staff | 8:00am ET A galaxy teeming with Earths Astronomers calculated that there are 11 billion possibly habitable planets in our galaxy, greatly … Continue reading

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Scientists to Congress: We Have the Technology to Find Alien Life

Interesting stuff… TGORefer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer  For thousands of years, humans have been wondering whether there’s life elsewhere in the universe. Now, the technology finally exists to search for it. To find extraterrestrial … Continue reading

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Study: 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By SETH BORENSTEIN  WASHINGTON (AP) — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets … Continue reading

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Number of Confirmed Alien Planets Nears 1,000

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com by Mike Wall, Senior Writer September 27, 2013 7:16 AM Just two decades after discovering the first world beyond our solar system, astronomers are closing in on alien planet No. 1,000. … Continue reading

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New App Brings Alien Planets Down to Earth

For all you techies out there… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff, Space.com | SPACE.com A new app brings thousands of alien worlds to the fingertips of iPhone and iPad users. The app, called Kepler Explorer, … Continue reading

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