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NASA to Reveal Big News From Planet-Hunting Spacecraft Thursday
space.com ^ | 08/23/10 | Denise Chow

Posted on 08/23/2010 6:20:57 PM PDT by KevinDavis

NASA is expected to make an announcement Thursday on the progress of its Kepler spacecraft, which has been staring at one patch of space for evidence of other worlds.

The space agency has scheduled an afternoon teleconference with reporters to announce the results from Kepler, which include the "discovery of an intriguing planetary system," NASA officials said Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: kepler; space; telescope; xplanets
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To: GOPJ

Of course as far away as possible! The last couple of years proves we live in an alternate U.


41 posted on 08/24/2010 10:48:32 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: El Sordo

Oops.

I should have proof read what I write before I post.


42 posted on 08/24/2010 11:15:12 AM PDT by archivist007
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To: Red_Devil 232
The last couple of years proves we live in an alternate U.

That is how it feels.

43 posted on 08/24/2010 5:10:39 PM PDT by GOPJ (Time Mag's staff are conserve-a-phobes.)
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To: KevinDavis

Ok, did they announce anything today?


44 posted on 08/26/2010 2:45:11 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: KevinDavis
This is their announcement today:

5 Intriguing Earth-Sized Planets

Gliese 581D is the most interesting one, it's in that star's habitable zone.

45 posted on 08/26/2010 8:17:10 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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