Commentary-December 10,2007 Ottawa, OntarioFifty-nine years ago on this December 10th, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, creating a...
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... What'd you think I meant? Oh, please. Don't be so juvenile. To the right we have an image captured by NASAs Hubble telescope, depicting a side-on view of the distant planet's thirteen rings. Here's a link to a...
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Hunting for diamonds on Uranus or Neptune would be a lost cause, say
the authors of a new study. Contrary to previous suggestions, these two
planets do not have enough carbon to make diamonds, they say – but
white dwarf stars do.
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"A fierce backlash has begun against the decision by astronomers to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.
On Thursday, experts approved a definition of a planet that demoted Pluto to a lesser category of object....
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"PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
After a...
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