Monthly Archives: September 2009

Rocky Exoplanet CoRoT-7b Discovered

Scientists at the European Southern Observatory have announced the discovery of a new exoplanet, CoRoT-7b, which has been described as a “super-earth” like planet.
Details at http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-33-09.html
Source: ESO, the European Southern Observatory, www.eso.org/public

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NASA TV Vintage Video

This video was aired when NASA Television was honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering excellence and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the technological innovations that made possible the first live TV broadcast from the moon by the Apollo 11 crew on July 20, 1969.
(Source YouTube:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYyENdNiAPM

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