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...That obstacle was overcome in 1995 when astronomers Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz discovered the planet 51 Pegasus b orbiting the eponymous star 51 Pegasus. The astronomers made their find not by spotting the planet directly but by measuring the minute gravitational wobbles it causes in its parent star as it orbits. With those scraps of data, they could calculate the planet's mass, velocity, orbital altitude and more...
...That was big news if you were hunting for planets but no news at all if you were hunting for life. A planet with enough gravitational oomph to jiggle a star is probably a gas giant like Jupiter, orbiting so close to the fires of its sun that nothing living would have a chance. What biology needs in order to get going is a relatively small, rocky planet orbiting in what's called a star's habitable zone - a place where things get hot but not too hot, cold but not too cold. A place like Earth, in other words...
JENNIFER ANISTON wants to be an action star. Also hopes to win Oscar, adopt African child...
...gives me a hard time about [taking his number],” says Hulse, who has gotten to know the former collegiate star while Haviland has been training at Harvard’s facilities. “He’s a great guy, and hopefully I can develop like...
...there was one question heading into this season for the Harvard softball team, it was pitching. After the departure of star Shelly Madick ’08 and her classmate, Amanda Watkins, the mound was the one position on the field where the Crimson didn’t have a seasoned veteran...