PLANETS

Solar System. Real textures for planets get from http://www.nasa.gov/
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SCIENCE
NASA Has Found Hundreds Of Potential New Planets
By Lydia O'Connor
Ten of the new discoveries are considered Earth-like.
UNSPECIFIED: In this NASA digital illustration handout released on February 22, 2017, this artist's concept will appear on the February 23rd, 2017 cover of the journal Nature announcing that the TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. Any of these planets could have liquid water on them. Planets that are farther from the star are more likely to have significant amounts of ice, especially on the side that faces away from the star. The system has been revealed through observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope as well as other ground-based observatories, and the ground-based TRAPPIST telescope for which it was named after. (Photo digital Illustration by NASA/NASA via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
1 In 3 Americans Would Move To An Alien Planet To Escape U.S. Politics
By Chris D'Angelo
cc: POTUS.
ENTERTAINMENT
Could a Planet like Coruscant Actually Exist?
By Quora, Contributor
The best answer to any question
Could a planet like Coruscant exist? The surprising answer is maybe, and it would sort of be like Hong Kong spread all over
COMEDY
Donald Trump Elected President; Other Planets Move Away From Earth
By Spencer Green, Contributor
writer
Only Pluto remains undecided about remaining where it is, although the dwarf planet is, admittedly, still in the throes of a hangover from yesterday's events.
From Maurolycus to Moretus © Jordi Delpeix Borrell (Spain)
Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016
SCIENCE
The Best Astronomy Photos Of 2016 Are Simply Stellar
By David Freeman
See for yourself!
GPS FOR THE SOUL
Thoughts On Mercury Retrograde
By Linda Lauren, Contributor
Psychic Medium, Travel Psychic™, Author, Color -Energy Expert
If anything, Mercury is asking us to slow down and take stock of what we have going on in communication already. Mercury in retrograde motion is forcing you to stop and breathe.
SCIENCE
Proxima Centauri b: Earth-sized? Earth-like? Or Habitable?
By Dr. Sten Odenwald, Contributor
Astronomer, NASA Heliophysics Education Consortium
Finally after decades of hope and hard work, astronomers finally discovered a planet orbiting the nearest star to our sun: Proxima Centauri. Describing it in human terms leads to some interesting problems!
SCIENCE
The World Next Door
By Seth Shostak, Contributor
Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute
If it's for real, it's the closest planet beyond our solar system. The closest planet in outer space.
The sun as seen from the surface of Venus.
Ron Miller
SCIENCE
What The Sun Looks Like From Other Planets
By David Freeman
These starkly beautiful illustrations will transport you to distant worlds.
SCIENCE
Everything You Need to Know About Project Starshot
By Quora, Contributor
The best answer to any question
A: The nanocraft have four small lasers on board powered by a nuclear isotope battery. The lightsail will be shaped to act
CULTURE & ARTS
"Sun & Moon" Poetry
By Meg DeBussey, Contributor
Writer, poet, aspiring filmmaker, feminist, critic, commentato...
Neither the self nor all outside it is separate Solely to the unfathomable obscurity Of opacity at night. We makeshift lenses
An artist's rendering shows the planet HD 20782, the most eccentric planet ever known, passing its star in close orbit.
NASA
SCIENCE
This Is The 'Most Eccentric' Planet Yet Known
By Jacqueline Howard
“It is a fascinating object!”
SCIENCE
Who Knew?
By Dr. Gregory Jantz , Contributor
Mental Health Expert and Founder of The Center • A Place of HOPE
As I was reading about the evidence for the yet-unseen ninth planet, I thought to myself, "Wait a minute. Aren't there already nine planets?" I started listing them off, like you do when you're trying to remember the seven dwarves.
SCIENCE
Planet Nine: What Would It Mean?
By Seth Shostak, Contributor
Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute
If the predictions are correct -- if Planet 9 actually exists -- then our solar system will better comport with many of those we find elsewhere. And if our solar system is not so special, then there's added reason to suspect that the biology it has spawned may not be so unusual either.
jupiter and saturn
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SCIENCE
All 5 Bright Planets To Be Visible From Earth At The Same Time
By Lee Moran
Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter will align for first time in a decade.
SCIENCE
Astronomical Highlights of 2016
By Dean Regas, Contributor
Astronomer, Author, and Co-Host of Star Gazers
Mars is back in the nighttime sky, Mercury crosses in front of the Sun, and a new mission arrives at Jupiter. These and more are the can't-miss astronomical events for 2016.
SCIENCE
Astronomers Are Watching a Planet Being Born Right Now
By Inverse, Contributor
At Inverse, we obsess over one question: What could happen next?
"I was pretty sure I had found something interesting," Stanford researcher and study co-author Kate Follette said in a statement
Tushar Mittal using Celestia 2001-2010, Celestia Development Team
SCIENCE
Mars Could Look Like This Someday
By Jacqueline Howard
It might happen in 20 to 40 million years, astronomers say.
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