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• Huge exoplanet puzzles astronomers
A full study will be detailed in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. "COROT-exo-3b might turn out to be a rare object found by sheer luck", said Francois Bouchy, an astronomer at the Institut d'Astrophysique in Paris. "But it might just be a ...
• Extraterrestrial musings on the Web
KentuckySpace: Carnival of Space 74 SpaceX Falcon 1 launch: The music video ESA: Venus probe searching for life ... on Earth Space.com: Mars Odyssey's spy mission extended Transterrestrial Musings: Did the Chinese fake their EVA? Bad Astronomy: No ...
• ABOUT COSMIC LOG
Here's a selection, mostly cribbed from Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog. I'll be glad to add more if you send them along as a comment: Bad Astronomy: McCain's planetariophobia Universe Today: Of overhead projectors and planetarium foolishness ...
• How stars are born
NGC 346 is an astronomical zoo," Dimitrios Gouliermis of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Astronomy explained in today's image advisory. "When we combined data from various wavelengths, we were able to tease apart what's going in in different parts ...
• A vacation spot where gals get guys in line
Taylor holds advanced degrees in astronomy and physics, and is an associate at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He and Boan have done consulting work for the Defense Department and NASA. But their views have won few audiences outside of science ...