kellyramsey + astronomy   8

Unknown "Structures" Tugging at Universe, Study Says (John Roach, National Geographic)
"Everything in the known universe is said to be racing toward the massive clumps of matter at more than 2 million miles (3.2 million kilometers) an hour—a movement the researchers have dubbed dark flow. The presence of the extra-universal matter suggests that our universe is part of something bigger—a multiverse—and that whatever is out there is very different from the universe we know"
well-we're-boned  astronomy 
november 2008 by kellyramsey
'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away (Ian Sample, Guardian)
"The planet is the most Earth-like ever spotted and is thought to have perfect conditions for water, an essential ingredient for life. Researchers detected the planet orbiting one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf... 20 light years away,"
astronomy 
october 2007 by kellyramsey

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