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...discovery of OGLE-TR-56b, a planet light years away from earth in the constellation Sagittarius, has helped researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to validate a new technique for finding planets in the farthest reaches of the galaxy...
...planet orbits a star, it occasionally comes between the star’s light and the earth, creating an eclipse-like effect that subtly dims the light from that star...
...Many stars can masquerade as planets,” he said. When a star interferes with another star’s light emission, the dimming effect is much greater than that of a planet...
...Massive battle groups and warheads capable of destroying the entire planet were frustrated by a handful of murderous fanatics with box cutters,” he said. “The large, slow, impregnable force gave way to the nimble, stealthy and inventive...
...Trade and Industry kicked in an $8 million grant. "Just building a lightweight, university-driven probe, and showing that much less demanding technology is needed, is in itself a triumph," says respected biomedical engineer Heinz Wolff. How will the probe know if there is life on Mars? The planet's surface is a dry and frozen desert, seemingly hostile to any life-forms. But astronomers say it was once covered in rivers, lakes and possibly oceans; NASA 's Mars Odyssey satellite, currently in orbit around the planet, has detected huge quantities of ice just a few feet below the surface...