Christopher McKitterick

So yesterday was the 50^th anniversary of Sputnik's launch, as I wrote about in this post. Today, how would you like to listen to Sputnik? Just click here!




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The second spacecraft beside Sputnik is one we have in deep space today, New Horizons.

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Chris

This just in:

An Earth-like planet is likely forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766, say astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Scientists have discovered a huge belt of warm dust - enough to build a Mars-size planet or larger - swirling around a distant star that is just slightly more massive than our sun. The dust belt, which they suspect is clumping together into planets, is located in the middle of the system's terrestrial habitable zone. This is the region around a star where liquid water could exist on any rocky planets that might form. Earth is located in the middle of our sun's terrestrial habitable zone.

And here it is:

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Best,
Chris