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(Perhaps) We are Not Alone

Recent news headlines claiming that NASA’s Kepler spacecraft had identified 100 earth-like planets outside our solar system were incorrect, the space agency has reported.  Since its launch in 2009, Kepler has sent back data which indicates the existence of over 700 extrasolar planets, or exoplanets. The data must be tested using “extensive follow-up observations” in [...]

Light from the Past

The world’s largest telescope will be built on Hawaii’s Big Island, atop the dormant Mauna Kea volcano, site of other large telescopes.  The new instrument’s 100 foot mirror will allow it to see 13 billion light years away, providing a sort of “history of the universe.” To be completed by 2018, the telescope will take [...]