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Kepler mission’s extraordinary planet discoveries
Famed planet-hunter Geoff Marcy spoke on May 2, 2011 about the Kepler space telescope and its 1,235 candidate planets. Does he think we'll find intelligent life?
May 9, 2011
Comet Elenin information from Don Yeomans
Comet Elenin will sweep past Earth in late 2011. NASA's Don Yeomans says its passage is nothing unusual and no dramatic events are expected.
May 9, 2011
Who knows you best? Not you, say psychologists
Research suggests people create blind spots in their own self-knowledge in order to maintain a high or low self-image. You don't know yourself.
May 6, 2011
Life evolved early on land from Paul Strother
Microfossils as old as one billion years, found in the rocks around a remote Scottish loch, reveal clues about the early evolution of life on land.
May 6, 2011
Will paper computers revolutionize smartphones and tablets?
Users interact with the paper computer by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.
May 6, 2011
Volcano shuts down air traffic
The eruption of a volcano in spring 2010 shutdown air traffic over European airspace, causing major travel disruption and economic losses.
May 5, 2011
Space-time vortex around Earth confirmed
NASA's Gravity Probe B has confirmed an Einstein theory of a four-dimensional space-time vortex around Earth, which twists as Earth spins.
May 5, 2011
Tribute on Mars to Alan Shepard and the flight of Freedom 7
The Freedom 7 crater on Mars is 82 feet in diameter, matching the height of the Redstone rocket piloted by Alan Shepard.
May 5, 2011
Alan Shepard and 50th anniversary of America’s first spaceflight
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space. His suborbital flight came less than a month after Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth once.
May 5, 2011
Christopher Flavin on the future of nuclear power
"Nuclear power really faces a very uncertain and troubled future," said Christopher Flavin. He spoke to EarthSky about nuclear power in a post-Fukushimi world.
May 5, 2011
