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Habitable Alien World
The potentially habitable alien world, a first for Kepler, orbits a star very much like our own sun. The discovery brings scientists one step closer to finding a planet like our own — one that could conceivably harbor life, scientists said… more..
This diagram compares our own solar system to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first "habitable zone" planet discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. Source NASA / Ames / JPL Caltech
Are You Curious?
You know by now my desire for you to find the wonder in science: the origin of the universe, multi-generational space travel, life on other planets, even the confluence of doomsday theories for 12.21.2012. So has your curiosity been piqued yet?
Scientists spend their lives exploring the unknown, searching for clues that might lead to the answers. Just such a quest is about to begin this week! The Curiosity Rover, pictured above is set to launch from Cape Canaveral this Saturday (11/26) at 10:02 am. Its mission to Mars will try to answer the question, “Is there life out there?”. Read more ….
What do you discuss at dinner?
A nice meal with family and friends, a bottle of wine and good conversation — a perfect Sunday evening. Who could ask for more? What did we talk about? Well neutrinos breaking the ultimate of speed limits — the speed of light. What else would we have been talking about?
No really, that was part of our conversation. Nothing is suppose to be able to go faster than the speed of light! That’s part of Einstein’s theory of relativity. You know Einstein, the guy with the funny hair.
So what is going on at CERN, the mammoth underground particle accelerator in Europe?
Image Source BBC
Click here to read more and listen to an interview with Professor Antonio Ereditato of CERN.