Monday, April 23, 2007

potentially habitable planet?

Today, there has been a major sighting. In Washington today, astronomers have sighted a potencially habitable planet in a galaxy about 120 trillion miles away (or for those who like scientific notation, 1.2*10 to the power of 13, sorry, can't find superscript button.) The planet can have the same temperature as Earth, and have water in it's liquid form! However, the star it orbits is what we call a "red dwarf", which is smaller and cooler than the Sun. More Information on this topic can be found at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet;_ylt=Ai8mgSIcdtgGR9jk_kzczJuHgsgF
In other news, Nasa's AIM cloud mission launches today!!!!!

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