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There is another, intriguing possibility, however. As Marcy points out, the planets are almost certainly orbited by one or more moons. "If they are comparable in size to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn," he says, "they could easily have rain and oceans." Such speculations fire the imagination. But the mere fact that these giant planets exist is enough for the scientists. As astronomers have learned, the discovery of one or two new heavenly objects is usually just the beginning. Marcy's team is already analyzing data from some 60 other stars. "We have hints," he says, "that there...
DIED. ARTHUR RUDOLPH, 89, rocket scientist; in Hamburg, Germany. Rudolph developed the towering Saturn V booster that hurled American astronauts to the moon in 1969. But in the 1980s he was driven into exile after the Justice Department linked him to the use of forced labor at a Nazi V-2 rocket factory...
During mild mania, people with the illness are infused with energy and vision. They think faster, more clearly and with greater originality. "I could fly through star fields and slide along the rings of Saturn,'' writes Jamison of her episodes. Were it not for her disease, she says, "I would not have accomplished the same things." Nor, she maintains, would many famed artists...
...Mental Health, she writes her books, sees close friends and takes long walks. But like many who have lived life at the highest pitch, Jamison finds being "normal" a "bittersweet exchange." "I know without lithium I'd be dead or insane," she says. And yet "I don't see Saturn's image now without feeling an acute sadness...
...moons suddenly became visible during a rare celestial event known as an "Earth ring crossing," in which Saturn's highly reflective dust rings...