Another round of updates, from earth and space.

Back in February, it was reported in ScienceDaily that the Kepler telescope had 'discovered' a number of Earth-like planets. A NASA administrator was quoted as saying, "These discoveries underscore the importance of NASA's science missions, which consistently increase understanding of our place in the ( Read more... )

The month of July 2011 has seen two pieces of interesting news.

In the first, on 7 July, reported a convective storm still raging on Saturn, 8 months later.
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Skywatching
By John Grey

15 September 2008

To think, a humble cloud can bust the lamp of Cassiopeta,

a web of smoke can spin Sagittarius into spider.

A thin stalk of a church cross clings to Vulpecula.

An old apartment building houses Pegasus and Equules in its dusty windows.

On Earth, illumination counts for nothing.

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