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Earth, Meet Your Long-Lost Sibling: The Christmas Planet

It may sound like something from a very special episode of Doctor Who, but the Christmas planet is real. What’s more, it’s the most Earth-like world yet discovered.The planet, more properly known as Kepler 22-b, was revealed to the world Monday via a press conference at NASA Ames Research Center. It is one of thousands [...]

About Tom George

Founder and CEO of Internet Billboards pioneering inbound advertising. An avid content curator who enjoys finding digital gems out there in cyberspace and sharing them with others. You can also find me here http://www.scoop.it/t/internetbillboards

Astronomers discover 18 new alien planets—and they’re huge

Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets, all of them Jupiter-size gas giants that circle stars bigger than our sun, a new study reports.The discoveries increase the number of known planets orbiting massive stars by 50 percent. The exoplanet bounty should also help astronomers better understand how giant planets form and grow in nascent alien [...]

About Tom George

Founder and CEO of Internet Billboards pioneering inbound advertising. An avid content curator who enjoys finding digital gems out there in cyberspace and sharing them with others. You can also find me here http://www.scoop.it/t/internetbillboards

Astronomers Spot Birth Of Alien Planet for First Time | Exoplanets & Alien Solar Systems | Planet Formation & Keck Observatory

Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards Astronomers have photographed the youngest exoplanet ever found, spotting the alien world as it is still forming out of the dusty disk around its parent star, a new study reports. Researchers used Hawaii’s Keck Observatory to capture the first direct images of a planet in the process of forming around its [...]

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About Tom George

Founder and CEO of Internet Billboards pioneering inbound advertising. An avid content curator who enjoys finding digital gems out there in cyberspace and sharing them with others. You can also find me here http://www.scoop.it/t/internetbillboards