Brainy Quote of the Day

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Tau Ceti...

...yet another reason to live and discover something close to 'warp drive' (OK, maybe a tenth light speed to begin with). A pick-me-up post, post the now-deflated Mayan apocalypse:


A sun-like star in our solar system's backyard may host five planets, including one perhaps capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study reports.

Astronomers have detected five possible alien planets circling the star Tau Ceti, which is less than 12 light-years from Earth — a mere stone's throw in the cosmic scheme of things. One of the newfound worlds appears to orbit in Tau Ceti's habitable zone, a range of distances from a star where liquid water can exist on a planet's surface.

Space.com: Potentially Habitable Planet Detected Around Nearby Star

"Still Here": by Langston Hughes (and so are you)

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