Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tonight's Moon

Waxing Crescent Moon
29% of Full

(Sorry folks, you have to put up with me on the Moon, Sun and Stars)
I never get tired of this.

NASA's Kepler space telescope uncovered six new planets huddled around a sunlike star—odd worlds that astronomers have dubbed mini-Neptunes. Whenever I question the possibility of life somewhere other than Earth, all I have to do is think of the vast solar system and it puts me right back into proper perspective.

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