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The International Space Orchestra- picture Neil Berrett © Nelly Ben Hayoun

By Jill Tarter

As I get older I’ve been thinking more about Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws – Wikipedia renders them this way:

By Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer

The latest planets turned up by NASA's Kepler telescope are - like the kids in Lake Wobegone - gratifyingly above average.

These new worlds offer both promise and insights, because they've got traits that are both appealing and mildly disconcerting.

FROM -  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

 

by Nadia Drake, Science Writer

Amazing as the discoveries of planets, comets, and asteroid belts around other stars are, it’s their potential to shed light on our Solar System’s origins that is exciting astronomers.

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