There appears to be a new species of human. Since it seems to share some characteristics with Homo floriensis I imagine that they're both descended off the same ancestors.
It's kind of amazing to think of human-like hominids populating the Philippines more than 700,000 years ago. Three quarters of a million. I wonder what the islands were like then. I kind of didn't even realize they were that old.
Another possible planet orbiting Proxima Centauri- with emphasis on the word "possible". However judging by the descriptions it sound like it will be a small gas giant or maybe an ice giant.
Another possible planet orbiting Proxima Centauri- with emphasis on the word "possible". However judging by the descriptions it sound like it will be a small gas giant or maybe an ice giant.
I would be shocked if there are any stars that have only one planet-- or no planets. Except maybe very near the galactic core. Planets are basically dust and debris around the star, and I can't imagine any star being so clean that it has no planets.
^True, but just the act of finding them is the amazing part. I have an old book about life on other planets from the 40s where the author is insisting that we'd never be able to detect planets around other stars. Look where we are now.
In other news, the Planetary Society's solar sail experiment is making good progress. The first attempt was destroyed in a launch failure a few years ago, but this one seems to be doing well.
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