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Unseen Object Lurks At Solar System's Edge, Scientist Conjectures

Posted 05.25.2012

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By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 05/22/2012 12:54 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries A planet four times the size of Earth may be skirting the edges...

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WATCH: What The Sun Looks Like From Pluto

Posted 02.16.2012

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In the video above, a tiny sun floats through the haze over rocky ground. It's a bleak and alien view, but that's no scene from a science fiction film...

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The Fabric of My Cosmos

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 03.21.2012

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Carolyn Bucior

When I read last month that NASA's Kepler space telescope was allowing scientists to spy on a potentially habitable planet 600 light years away and co...

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Hubble Spots Potential Organic Molecules... On Pluto

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 12.29.2011

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Pluto may not be a planet anymore, but it still seems to have a few tricks up its sleeve. A new study conducted jointly by the Southwest Research I...

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Scientists Want To Look For Cities On Pluto

Time.com | David Moye | Posted 01.10.2012

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Astrophysicists Ed Turner and Avi Loeb are looking for cities on Pluto. They do not claim there is evidence to that fact, but if there were, we cou...

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Friday Talking Points -- What Would Ronald Reagan Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2011

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Since the Republican Party now worships at the altar of "Saint Ronald of Reagan," it's always fun to point out the hard, cold fact that Reagan would simply not be acceptable to the Republican Party as it stands today.

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NASA Finds New, Tiny Moon Circling Pluto

AP | Posted 09.19.2011

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HOUSTON -- Distant and tiny Pluto has been hiding something from Earth: another moon. NASA announced Wednesday that the Hubble Space Telescope has fo...

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The Rich Should Have Mass Protests, Too!

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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The huge protests in places like Egypt and Wisconsin have been inspiring. Citizens thirsting for democracy, workers trying to protect their hard-earne...

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10 Weird Proofs of Climate Change

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some Republicans wouldn't acknowledge global warming even if the ice cubes in their freezers caught fire. And this winter's ample snow gives the "Igno...

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What Does The Guy Who Killed Pluto Have To Say For Himself?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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"How I Killed Pluto: And Why It Had It Coming" by Mike Brown The New York Times But Dr. Brown has a unique distinction: He was, for a few hours in 2...

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Pluto May No Longer Be a Planet but Its Discoverer is still a Star

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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"How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming," a new book by astronomer Mike Brown was reviewed by James Kennedy in The Wall Street Journal (11-26-201...

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Pluto Simulation Lets You Explore The Dwarf Planet (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, HuffPost Tech took readers inside a black hole. Now, we're taking you to one of the solar system's best-known dwarf planets: Pluto. Na...

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Pluto Turning Red:

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mickey Mans Up: Is It A Disney Trend?

Val Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disney, perhaps belatedly realizing that it needs to get a little edgier to appeal to today's kids, announced last week that they will be launching a ...

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Astrology & Politics, Washington's New Odd Couple

Virginia Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia Bell

Even if you are not a fan of astrology you can't easily dismiss Ms. Murray; her book is well researched and well written; she is politically astute, and deeply passionate about America.

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Vic Chesnutt in the Perforated Sky

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are no books of Vic's lyrics (yet), and so I don't know if his work translates onto the page in the way that Dylan or Lou Reed's does not, but I feel safe in saying that Vic Chesnutt is one of my favorite poets.

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Exclusive Interview With Geoffrey Nunberg, On The Years Of Talking Dangerously

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Epithets like "socialist" and "fascist" enable people on the right to bond with each other and -- though they may not acknowledge it -- to alienate everybody else.

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New Discovery: More of the Worlds!

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Last week, astronomers uncovered new planets in the celestial lounge: we'll wonder how quickly they'll take our jobs, then we'll build a border fence around the planet. That's just the kind of worldly neighbors we are.

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