Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Second Planet Orbits Star Kepler 10 And Mission To Carry Asteroid Samples Back To Earth

Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:

g STARS - New research is providing a better understanding of unidentified matter in deep space. See article.

g ABODES - The Kepler Telescope team has confirmed a second planet orbiting the star Kepler-10. The existence of this planet was suspected previously, but new analytical techniques were needed to confirm its existence. See article.

g COSMICUS - A new NASA mission to launch in 2016 will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth. The samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission will help astrobiologists better understand our solar system and the role of asteroids in the origins of life on Earth. See article.

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