Free Republic 1st Qtr 2026 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $15,463
19%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $737 to reach 20%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: sciencehumor

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • NASA discovers Earth-sized, habitable planet in other solar system

    01/11/2023 12:40:32 PM PST · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | January 11, 2023 01:31 PM | by Julia Johnson, Trending News Editor
    NASA has discovered an Earth-sized planet that is considered "habitable." On Tuesday, at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, Washington, it presented the finding. According to postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California Emily Gilbert, “This is one of only a few systems with multiple, small, habitable-zone planets that we know of.” “That makes the TOI 700 system an exciting prospect for additional follow up. Planet e is about 10% smaller than planet d, so the system also shows how additional TESS observations help us find smaller and smaller worlds,” she explained. The...