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20
Sep
The French-led Corot mission has spied its first planet – a very hot world bigger than Jupiter – passing in front of a far-off star. The spacecraft was launched on 27 December last year and is the first to hunt for Earth-like planets from space. Corot scientists said to find a planet so early on [...]
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20
Sep
There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, a US conference has heard. Dr Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution of Science said many of these worlds could be inhabited by simple lifeforms. He was speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. So [...]
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20
Sep
The telescope Nasa is preparing for launch next month won’t reveal if there is intelligent life in the Universe, but it should at least provide concrete evidence that there are places like Earth for ET to live. “This mission has been designed very carefully, such that a null result is as important as finding planets,” [...]
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20
Sep
Physics optics books used to teach that invisibility was impossible. But Dr Kaku says this is wrong; it is possible. But he concedes that there are currently technical obstacles with the Harry Potter invisibility cloak that may hold it back from wide uptake. For example, to be able to see out of the cloak, he [...]
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20
Sep
Linda Porter, from the charity on Teesside, said: “They are very much thinner than the normal baby doll, the chest is very caved in and internal organs are a lot smaller and the drug baby goes through withdrawal symptoms. “It is very much a shock effect for the young people because they are not expecting [...]
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20
Sep
Enjoy toasty warm comfort and maximum versatility in the Ugg Australia Classic Cardy Boots. Crocheted knit sweater-inspired upper in a tall pull on boot style with a round toe. The Classic Cardy is a heathered merino wool blend boot made to look like your favorite sweater. Elaborate design allows this boot to be one of [...]
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