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“After the earth dies, some 5 billion years from now, after it’s burned to a...”
– Carl Sagan
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Light From Small, Oozing Alien Planet Seen →
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For the first time, a telescope was able to detect light from an alien super Earth.
The Spitzer Space Telescope detected the light from the planet 55 Cancri e.
The planet is 41 light-years from Earth and may be in a supercritical fluid state — and oozing.
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Venus to Appear in Once-In-A-Lifetime Event →
On 5 and 6 June this year, millions of people around the world will be able to see Venus pass across the face of the Sun in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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WatchTimelapse: EARTHEREAL by Adonis Pulatus
The International Space Station Expedition 30 crew shot some truly awe-inspiring time-lapse sequences flying over practically every square mile of the globe.
Images courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center available from: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/
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This $20 Trillion Rock Could Turn a Startup Into...
This is a follow up on my earlier post, Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, James Cameron Unveiled.
There’s more information about Planetary Resources’ space venture and how much it could potentially be worth.
The $8 trillion figure is an estimate based on observations by John S. Lewis, professor of planetary science, author of Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the...
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Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs,... →
A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers — including filmmaker James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page — has announced plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as precious metals and water.
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