Extrasolar Planets ...and kudos to NowPublic.com

Planetary.org is a very important, highly informative website.And, NowPublic.com is amongst their options for sharing articles.Planetary News: Extrasolar Planets (2009)Only 2 Earth Masses! Scientists Close in on Distant EarthsBy Amir Alexander April 22, 2009 "The hunt for...

Orbiter, Finishing a Mission, Offers a Peek at Mars’ Wrinkles

.We need more missions to Marsand the other planets.  There isstill much to learn and we need to learn all we can for future use." “Technically and scientifically, it has certainly met our expectations,”...

Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide

"The clock is ticking inexorably toward doomsday even if we don't kill ourselves by poisoning the environment or overheating the planet. You see, there's a little problem with the Sun."

MIT Research: New Earth

" " Young planets around other stars may be easier to spot because they stay hotter way longer than astronomers have thought, according to new work by MIT planetary scientist Linda Elkins-Tanton. For a few million years after their initial formation, planets like Earth...

Water Found in Moon Rocks

It was a mission that began over 30 years ago, and still continues in a very real way today - Apollo 15's moon landing mission. In 1971, two astronauts spent three days on the surface of the moon, collecting data and most importantly - lunar surface material. 37 years later,...

Earth-like planets raise prospects of extra-terrestial life: study

Boston, Massachusetts (ANTARA News) - Planets resembling Earth can be found orbiting many sun-like stars in our galaxy, increasing the prospects of finding extraterrestial life on some of them, according to a study released Sunday.University of Arizona astronomer Michael...

Al Gore Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

Well, I suppose working this hard to inform people about global warming would lead to some recognition, but a nobel peace prize? Maybe I'm just jealous."Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore said Monday that the...

RIP Mr. Wizard

Don Herbert, the famously inspiring Mr. Wizard, has died. Herbert, who was a precursor to other pro-science TV hosts like Bill Nye the Science Guy, was 89. All in all, the scientist, teacher, and actor's career...

Earth's Crust Missing In Mid-Atlantic

"Scientists have discovered a large area thousands of square kilometres in extent in the middle of the Atlantic where the Earth’s crust appears to be missing. Instead, the mantle - the deep interior of the Earth, normally covered by crust many kilometres thick - is exposed...

Win $50,000 for saving the earth from a deadly asteroid

O sure, go ahead and dismiss this as a scam. But then you'd miss out on an easy 50 G's just for an idea. This is from the prestigious Planetary Society and the offer is for real."Planetary Society Offers $50,000...

Planetary triple play on deck [early] Sunday

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those...

Planetary triple play on deck Sunday

"Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person's thumb can obscure all three...

End of the world 2012

"Yes! 2012... this shall be the year of reckoning. 2012 shall be remembered in the history of mankind for ever. Why? From the position of planetary movements and astrological calculations... the significance of number three for the present civilization is immense. The 12th...

Our Electric Universe

"One of the heretical theories that Professor Velikovsky proposed was that the main force in the universe was not gravity but electromagnatism. It turns out that his prediciton was borne out by discoveries of...

Earth Time

At Noon the sun is overhead, while it's Midnight on the other side of planet Earth.

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