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Travelers In Endless Space (Exercise in Futility)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:41:00 GMT

Astounding as it may be, our solar system barely registers as a blip in the Milky Way galaxy, as pictured above. As anyone who knows anything at all about astronomy knows, our Earth is one of eight planets (or nine, for those Pluto loyalists!) that orbit that gaseous ball of light and heat at the center of our solar system that we call the sun. But if one is to take the Book of Genesis...

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Exciting And Unusual! (BlogHer)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:26:58 GMT

Over the next three days, an exciting and unusual event is unfolding in the sky. First, two swift planets, Mercury and Venus -- combined, these signify artistic communication -- unite in Virgo, the sign of the craftsman. This would be nice enough by itself, due to the ease and idealism it brings. But there's another huge factor in the mix -- Uranus! It's impossible to predict what will happen...

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Astronomers find an unusual new denizen of the Solar System (Pluto Today)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:32:17 GMT

A "minor planet" with the prosaic name 2006 SQ372 is just over two billion miles from Earth, a bit closer than the planet Neptune.

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Living with a Star (Physorg)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:08:17 GMT

What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of a star?

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Living With A Star (Space News From SpaceDaily.Com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:37:23 GMT

Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 20, 2008 - What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of a star? Get out of bed, look out the window. Auroras are dancing along the horizon. Dark sunspots crackle overhead-each little 'pop' more powerful than a nuclear bomb.

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Minor planet discovered (IOL)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:35 GMT

R/$ 7.73R/€ 11.41R/£ 14.39Gold $/oz 810.50JSE Alsi 26,518.39 Article Search » » » » » Minor planet discovered August 20 2008 at 06:19AM A new rocky object similar to a comet has been discovered in the solar system about 3,2-billion kilometres from Earth, scientists said this week.The minor planet 2006 SQ372, which could be 96km wide, is slightly closer to the Earth than the planet...

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Pluto Planet Status Debate Heats up Yet Again (Daily Tech)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:34:00 GMT

Is Pluto a planet or plutoid? The debate continues...

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Do For Others. (BlogHer)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:48:23 GMT

Mars, the Planet of Passion and War, enters peaceful Libra today. Talk about a planet feeling stymied! It's a lot harder than usual to stick up for yourself when self-centered Mars moves through this others-oriented sign. However, there is a great way to use Mars in Libra: Act on behalf of others. Help the underprivileged or disenfranchised. Stamp out injustice. And remember the old...

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The Storied History of the Word 'Planet' (Space.com)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:19:14 GMT

The word "planet" has meant many different things over the millennia and even still its definition is evolving.

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New Minor Planet Discovered Near Neptune (Fanboy.com)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:56:50 GMT

Could it be that there are quite a few minor planets wandering around out there on the far edge of our solar system? Astronomers haven't come up with a real name yet, but this new minor planet called 2006...

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Ten Mysteries of the Solar System (Universe Today)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:42:14 GMT

We've all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets (plus Pluto and all those other dwarf planets) orbit within a very small volume of the heliosphere (the volume of space dominated by the influence of the Sun), what's going on in the rest of the [...]

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Grumpy About Pluto, Prague Spring Crushed, and 150 Years Since the First Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Britannica.com Week in Preview: August 18-24 (Britannica Blog)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:00:52 GMT

Two years ago it became a little smaller world, and many of us were grumpy about it. On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union sent the textbook and reference world into a tizzy when they demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. Dwarf planet/smaller world? A bit of a Disney fetish over at the IAU?

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The Perception of Pluto (Astrobiology Magazine)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:01:52 GMT

Scientists recently gathered to debate the recent IAU decision to demote Pluto from 'planet' status. Pluto may be small, but objects like Pluto still undergo important geophysical processes that can teach us about planetary formation.

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'Great planet debate' continues (Raw Story)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:22:42 GMT

What, exactly, is a "planet?" The International Astronomical Union thought it had settled the matter when its members voted, two years ago, for a first-ever scientific definition of the term. Boy, were they wrong!

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The great (and sometimes serious) debate about Pluto (USA Today)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:15:56 GMT

The entrance to the debate over Pluto's planet status said it all: With techno music blaring in the background, the two debaters ...

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Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 8/15/2008 (Seed Magazine)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:19:54 GMT

A New Look at Near Earth Asteroids A look at why we need to know more about near-Earth asteroids. You-Tribe An anthropological angle on YouTube. The Great Planet Debate The people just can't forget their old friend Pluto... New Eco-Friendly Hummer Engineered To Kill Its Drivers According to The Onion , this new car gets at the root of the problem. $30M in Fines for Scam "Created by a...

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Icy Pluto is part of hot debate (Baltimore Sun)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It was billed as a debate over the 2006 decision by the International Astronomical Union that kicked Pluto out of the family of planets, leaving just eight.

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Great Planet Debate ends in stalemate (New Scientist)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:52:00 GMT

What is a planet? As Pluto's lost status hangs in the balance, astronomers agree that we need a new way of looking at the solar system

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Tyson and Sykes Duke Out the Great Planet Debate; Flatow Almost Flattened (Universe Today)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:04:36 GMT

A debate today between astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson and planetary scientist Mark Sykes, moderated by NPR's Ira Flatow, addressed the issue of Pluto's planetary status. There was lots of arm-waving and finger-pointing, endless interruptions, disagreements on details big and small, and battling one-liners. The two scientists sat at a table with the moderator between [...]

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"Pluto Huggers" Fight to Renew Planet Status (National Geographic)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Two years after Pluto was ousted from the planet lineup, some Pluto supporters aren't giving up hope for restoring the now dwarf planet's title.

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