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Another Earth-like planet found

December 19, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The chance of finding a planet capable of sustaining life is looking more likely, not just because of the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting neighboring star Tau Ceti, but […]

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Science News, Space

The history of life in a single day

December 11, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Man discovering fire seems so long ago that it’s almost at the dawn of time. In reality, our time on Earth is barely a blink in the planet’s history. But […]

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Natural History

Intelligent alien life looking less likely

November 5, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Did you enjoy that alliterative title? Thought you might. But finding other intelligent life forms that would appreciate literary quirks is looking less feasible. And the reason is asteroids. The […]

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Science News, Space

Another Earth?

October 17, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

Not quite, but Alpha Centauri Bb is giving scientists hope. Alpha Centauri, located in the star Centaurus,  is actually the closest star to our sun… well, technically it’s three stars, […]

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