SETI public: First Confirmed Picture of a Planet Beyond the Solar System

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Science/Astronomy:

* EXCLUSIVE: First Confirmed Picture of a Planet Beyond the Solar System

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050401_first_extrasolarplanet_pic.html>

After a few close calls, astronomers have finally obtained the first photograph of a planet beyond our solar system, SPACE.com has learned. And this time they're sure.

* Red Giants and Planets To Live On
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/technovel_redgiant_050401.html>

Astronomers have long thought that the best place for life as we know it is a planet in the "habitable zone" - the range of orbits that leads to planets with liquid water - surrounding a main sequence star like our sun. Science fiction writers know better - and now astronomers are rethinking past work.

* Five Out of Five Researchers Agree: Earth's Solar System Special
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050331_asimov_debate.html>

Though researchers find more and more distant planets revolving around alien suns, the discoveries highlight that Earth and its solar system may be an exceptionally rare place indeed.

* Censoring Science: IMAX and Evolution
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_censorship_050331.html>

If science centers avoid presenting the factual basis for the theory of evolution, they do a disservice to the public-those who question evolution and those who do not.

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