Tag Archives: Extrasolar Planet

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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Potentially Habitable Planet Detected Around Nearby Star

At the rate we’re going as a species, we will more than likely become extinct (by our own doing) before acquiring the technology to travel light years through space. Nevertheless, scientific discoveries are always interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story … Continue reading

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‘Super-Earth’ Alien Planet May Be Habitable for Life

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Astronomers have detected an alien planet that may be capable of supporting life as we know it — and it’s just a stone’s throw from Earth … Continue reading

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First glimpse of a planet from another galaxy

The study of cosmology is one of the most fascinating of all the sciences. I can only imagine what discoveries will be made in the next hundred years and beyond, as our technology advances at a geometric rate. TGO Refer … Continue reading

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Astronomers bag biggest ever find of exoplanets

Interesting stuff for those of you out there interested in astronomy… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press PARIS (AFP) – European astronomers on Tuesday said they had found a distant star orbited by at least five planets in … Continue reading

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