Goldilocks "Earth-Like" Planet Found?

Image via WikipediaAstronomers recently found a planet outside the solar system with conditions they termed as "Goldilocks", neither too hot nor too cold. This they said was the perfect condition for a great possibility of extra terrestrial life.

The planet is named Gliese 581g is found to be circling a red dwarf star located 120 trillion miles from the Earth. The planet is a few times larger than the earth and scientists estimate that the mass and gravity of the planet is just comparable to the earth. the planet is also tidally locked to its parent star which means that only one side faces the star. This condition will lead to a very hot condition on the portion directly facing the star and an icy condition on the other side. The interesting part though is somewhere in the middle of the two faces of the planet where the temperature may be just right for a habitable zone.

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Could 'Goldilocks' planet be just right for life? - Yahoo! News

2012 Disaster by Massive Sun Storm?

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The movie 2012 became a big hit last year. And since then, the popularity of 2012 as the year when the world will end has increased dramatically.

Well, let's add more buzz to that with this intriguing scientific news. News.com.au posted an article regarding the latest findings of astronomers. Based on their study, a massive solar storm could hit the earth the years to come. And based on their estimates, the date will be sometime in 2012? Coincidence? :-)

For those who are not well acquainted with "sun storms", you can do some research on Wikipedia. But basically, sun storms is an astronomical event when the sun's activity increases rapidly characterized by high energy solar flares and prominences. The huge amount of energy released by the sun reaches the earth causing disturbances especially in communication technologies.

The last major sun storm occurred in September 1859 disrupting the telegraph system all over Europe. According to solar astronomers, the coming solar storm will be much stronger and destructive.

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Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs' | News.com.au

Meteorite Crater Found Through Google Earth

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pristine meteorite impact crater has been found in a remote area of the Sahara desert in southwest Egypt. The crater was originally noticed on Google Earth images, and is believed to be only a few thousand years old.

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Untouched meteorite impact crater found via Google Earth