Large asteroid to fly close to Earth Monday

Source: Voice of Russia

American scientists have discovered a new asteroid, which will fly past Earth at a distance of 56,000 kilometers on Monday. This is reported by the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union. According to experts ...
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11% of likely planets distrust polls

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

As the presidential campaign heats up, we should look closely at a faraway object for a lesson about polls. Billions of miles away from us, Pluto spins happily around the sun, ignoring all polls and surveys. ...
Full article at: Philadelphia Inquirer  More like this  2 days ago, 4:45pm CDT

The hunt for Planet X is back on: Noted astronomer calculates planet four times size of Earth must exist on fringe of solar system

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Distortion to orbits of asteroids beyond Pluto imply mystery planet is tugging at them, claims astronomer The evidence for 'Planet X' - the mysterious hypothesised planet on the edge of our solar system - has taken a new turn thanks to the mathemat ...
Full article at: Daily Mail - UK  More like this  3 days ago, 6:52am CDT

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Journey to Planet JoCo: “I’m Your Moon”

Source: Tor: Science Fiction Blog

Every morning at 9 AM from now to May 29, John will talk to Jonathan about one of JoCo’s songs, getting in-depth — and possibly out of his depth — about the inspiration and construction behind them. Which ones? You’ll have to come back every morning to s ...
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