Topic: Space - on February 3, 2011 at 1:00:00 PM CET
NASA finds 1000 possible new planets
Scientists with NASA's Kepler mission announced Wednesday that they had identified more than 1,200 likely new planets in the past year - a revolutionary development in the quest to understand what lies beyond our solar system.
This celestial bonanza represents more than a tripling of the number of known distant planets. It also includes a remarkable single system with at least six planets orbiting its sun - the most populated solar system found so far outside our own.
nasa.gov washingtonpost.com latimes.com voanews.com bbc.co.uk
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Topic: FUN - on February 3, 2011 at 12:58:00 PM CET
Celebrity Groundhog Punsutawney Phil predicts early spring
Celebrity Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil came out of his burrow on Groundhog Day, February 2, 2011 to predict the end of winter. According to legend, if the groundhog does not see its shadow, early spring is heralded.
Punxsutawney Phil calls Punxautawney, Pennsylvania home. The groundhog naturally hibernates during the winter months, but comes out of his slumber to predict the weather on Groundhog Day. Phil was aroused from his hibernation on Groundhog Day and held up to survey the crowd of thousands. He was placed on a platform with a committee of witnesses wearing black cloaks and tophats.
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