Yesterday I wrote that the California & Carnegie Planet Search had announced on Monday that they found 28 new planets around other stars. It turns out that only five of the 28 are actual new discoveries. The Monday announcement was really a review of California & Carnegie Planet Search discoveries announced over the past year. […]
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Pebbles on the seashore
Published April 10th, 2007 in extrasolar planets, astronomy, asteroids, moon, space exploration, sustainability, light pollution, Mars, dinosaurs and climate change. 2 CommentsI have three books to write. The new edition of my 2001 NASA publication Humans to Mars is due in a week and a half and I have two and a half chapters left to write. I spoke with the editor yesterday, and he says I can still make the fall 2008 publication date if […]