Alien Planets Show Themselves for First Time

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Scientists Discern Glow of Alien Planets
for the First Time

Scientists Discern Glow of Alien Planets
for the First Time 03/22/2005 07:28 PM
Astronomers said today that they had seen the glow of alien planets for the first time.

First sight of alien planets

First sight of alien planets 03/23/2005 08:36 PM
David Pescovitz: Astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to see planets outside our solar system for the first time ever. Previously, scientists have inferred the existence of more than 100 planets by detecting a gravity-induced wobble or shift in light in the stars that they orbit. Yesterday, the astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Goddard Space Flight Center announced that they directly observed the infrared radiation emitted by two planets 153 and 500 light-years away. (Seen here is a NASA artist's concept.) From the New York Times:

They said directly measuring light from the planets was a major step in the quest to understand what alien planets are made of, because different molecules in the atmosphere absorb infrared light in characteristic ways and allow scientists to compare these alien planets to those in the solar system. Ultimately, astronomers would like to know if Earth, with its ability to evolve and support life, is unique or common in the universe....

Dr. Geoffrey W. Marcy, a planet hunter at the University of California, Berkeley, called the results "the stuff of history books" and added, "With this result, we are closer to understanding our own human roots, chemically, among the stars."

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Alien Planets Tell Tales With Colors

Alien Planets Tell Tales With Colors 03/23/2005 07:57 PM

Two teams of Astronomers this week discovered the color of two planets by using infrared radiation. This break-through will allow experts to discover what the planet’s surface or atmosphere are made of. This is a major finding. According to Astronomy Magazine,  

Charbonneau's group used the Spitzer Space Telescope's Infrared Array Camera to home in on the light from TrES-1, a "hot Jupiter" zipping around a Sun-like star about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. The astronomers tracked the intensity of two infrared "colors" as the planet passed behind its star, an event called secondary eclipse. The team subtracted the star's radiation from the total seen when the planet was not eclipsed by the star. Measuring the gas giant's infrared radiation allowed the team to calculate its temperature — a sizzling 1,450° F (1,060 kelvins). Charbonneau suspects his group has also found the spectral fingerprint of carbon monoxide in the planet's atmosphere, but, he says, "We're going to go back and get more data."

Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy
of Alien Life

Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy
of Alien Life 02/10/2004 02:46 AM

New Images Show Signs of Planets Forming
around Young Star

New Images Show Signs of Planets Forming
around Young Star 08/16/2004 12:37 AM

Show Time!

Show Time! 01/24/2004 08:22 PM
Just as the Mac revolutionized computing, Apple is changing the world of online music. If Steve Jobs plays his cards right this time, Apple could end up with a big chunk of the digital-entertainment market. By Peter Burrows (BusinessWeek via MyAppleMenu)

10.3: Show one window at a time with
Exposé

10.3: Show one window at a time with
Exposé 12/19/2003 01:11 PM
If you minimize a window of an app to the dock, and then have Exposé show the desktop (sliding all windows off to the sides), when you bring the minimized window out of the dock all of the other windows stay to the sides. ...

Old-time Japanese radio exercise show
MP3

Old-time Japanese radio exercise show
MP3 08/27/2004 01:45 PM
Cory Doctorow: Joi Ito has written about Radio Taiso, an old-timey Japanese radio exercise show that was banned after WWII for being too martial. He's posted an MP3 of one of the shows, which is great -- an insanely cheerful Japanese announcer counting repetitions overtop of Mr Rogers-style tinkling piano music. 4MB MP3 Link

For Listeners With No Time, The Radio
Show That Records Itself

For Listeners With No Time, The Radio
Show That Records Itself 12/22/2004 01:13 AM

Melvyn Bragg's heavyweight Radio 4 discussion programme In Our Time is hardly the obvious choice for the iPod generation. But last monght, the programme was downloaded 70,000 times on to listeners' computers and MP3 music players, in a new type of broadcasting that is set to become widespread soon. By Dan Sabbagh, The Times

Time Canada Prints Early Story Show New
G4 LCD iMac!

Time Canada Prints Early Story Show New
G4 LCD iMac! 07/02/2004 11:16 PM
Shortly after midnight on Monday morning, Time.com added its January 14th issue to its Web site that brings most of the speculation to a close. By Raena Armitage, Mac Observer (via MyAppleMenu)

Internet World show kicks off with
real-time news

Internet World show kicks off with
real-time news 06/16/2004 06:08 PM
Journalism.co.uk Jun 16 2004 9:40PM GMT

Calendar items show the incorrect date
and time in your Pocket PC device?

Calendar items show the incorrect date
and time in your Pocket PC device? 01/05/2005 06:38 PM

NASCAR Driver and Avid Golfer, Jamie
McMurray, Makes Time for the Greens on
Affluent Golf & Travel Show March 29th

NASCAR Driver and Avid Golfer, Jamie
McMurray, Makes Time for the Greens on
Affluent Golf & Travel Show March 29th 03/29/2005 03:55 AM
NASCAR driver, Jamie McMurray, joins Keith James and Wil Barnes on “Affluent Golf and Travel” internet talk radio show on the VoiceAmerica™ Network. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Planets 3D

Planets 3D 11/17/2003 05:32 PM
Version 1.0 is out

Lonely Planets

Lonely Planets 01/05/2004 01:32 PM

Vga Planets JHOST

Vga Planets JHOST 05/19/2004 10:23 AM
CVS Update. Near Milestone One

Hubble harvest 100 new planets

Hubble harvest 100 new planets 07/02/2004 01:42 AM
Hubble harvests 100 new planets during a 7-day sweep of the bulge of the Milky Way.. If confirmed it would almost double the number of known planets to about 230. "I think this work has the potential to be the most significant advance in discovering extra-solar planetary systems since the first planets were discovered in the mid-1990s."

Hubble harvests 100 new planets

Hubble harvests 100 new planets 07/01/2004 08:26 PM
The Hubble Space Telescope may have found as many as 100 new planets around stars in our galaxy.

NASA to Announce New Class of Planets
(AP)

NASA to Announce New Class of Planets
(AP) 08/31/2004 02:53 AM
AP - Astronomers have discovered four new planets in a week's time, an exciting end-of-summer flurry that signals a sharper era in the hunt for new worlds.

Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets

Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets 07/02/2004 11:29 AM
Slashdot Jul 2 2004 3:17PM GMT

New Clues Are Detected About Planets of
Other Stars

New Clues Are Detected About Planets of
Other Stars 01/08/2004 08:37 PM
Astronomers have detected a magnetic field around a planet around a distant star, offering one of the first clues to the properties of a planet outside the solar system.

Astronomers See Light from Extrasolar
Planets

Astronomers See Light from Extrasolar
Planets 03/23/2005 09:52 AM

Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet
(AP)

Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet
(AP) 09/01/2004 12:31 AM
AP - American astronomers say they have discovered the two smallest planets yet orbiting nearby stars, trumping a small planet discovery by European scientists five days ago and capping the latest round in a frenzied hunt for other worlds like Earth.

Spitzer Telescope Discovers Planets Via
Infrared

Spitzer Telescope Discovers Planets Via
Infrared 03/22/2005 07:17 PM

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble
harvests 100 new planets

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble
harvests 100 new planets 07/04/2004 02:41 AM

Double Vision: Two Telescopes for
Hunting Earth-like Planets

Double Vision: Two Telescopes for
Hunting Earth-like Planets 05/26/2004 01:48 PM
Space.com May 26 2004 5:27PM GMT

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble
discovers 100 new planets

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble
discovers 100 new planets 07/03/2004 08:47 AM

Watching as Dusty Disks Slowly Turn Into
Planets

Watching as Dusty Disks Slowly Turn Into
Planets 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
Until recently, astronomers had never seen dust and planets around the same stars. This month, astronomers said they had closed the loop.

they have evidence for Earth-like
planets orbiting a nearby star

they have evidence for Earth-like
planets orbiting a nearby star 12/02/2003 01:54 AM
Dusty disc may mean other Earths. Gates of steel my ass .. evidence

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3251382.stm
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3 Planets Are Found Close in Size to
Earth, Making Scientists Think 'Life'

3 Planets Are Found Close in Size to
Earth, Making Scientists Think 'Life' 09/01/2004 12:52 AM
A trio of newly discovered worlds are much smaller than any other planets previously discovered outside of our solar system.

3 New Planets Are Found, and Their Size,
Close to Earth's, Makes Scientists Think
'Life'

3 New Planets Are Found, and Their Size,
Close to Earth's, Makes Scientists Think
'Life' 08/31/2004 10:39 PM
A trio of newly discovered worlds are much smaller than any other planets previously discovered outside of our solar system.

"Alien"

"Alien" 07/10/2004 03:22 PM

Alien Intruders!

Alien Intruders! 07/23/2004 09:43 PM
WebDevInfo Jul 24 2004 1:09AM GMT

AP: ALF: The Comeback Kid, er, Alien

AP: ALF: The Comeback Kid, er, Alien 12/24/2003 06:31 AM
ALF is returning to television .. He's .. ALF

story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=797&ncid=762&e=8&u=/eo/ 20031223/en_tv_eo/13155
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From Alien to The Matrix

From Alien to The Matrix 06/24/2005 06:17 PM

RFID-Alien-0.002

RFID-Alien-0.002 07/08/2004 12:24 AM

"I mean, who wants to transform
themselves into an alien, you know?"

"I mean, who wants to transform
themselves into an alien, you know?" 08/06/2004 04:36 AM

RFID::Alien 0.002

RFID::Alien 0.002 07/13/2004 01:46 AM
A Perl module for interfacing with an Alien RFID reader.

Alien Fingerprints 1.0

Alien Fingerprints 1.0 06/18/2004 08:48 PM
A set of interesting backgrounds and tileable versions of them.
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Alien smartphone lands in Netherlands

Alien smartphone lands in Netherlands 07/07/2004 08:00 AM
Voq comes in peace bearing radical software

Heart of The Alien Rewritten

Heart of The Alien Rewritten 01/05/2005 07:07 AM

Heart of The Alien Redux 1.2.0

Heart of The Alien Redux 1.2.0 01/04/2005 08:50 PM
A complete rewrite of game Heart of The Alien.

Heart of The Alien Redux

Heart of The Alien Redux 01/04/2005 05:35 PM
heartalien 1.2.0 has been released

Motorola Announces A780 Linux SmartPhone
and MPx220 Pocket PC SmartPhone

Motorola Announces A780 Linux SmartPhone
and MPx220 Pocket PC SmartPhone 07/27/2004 02:34 PM
bargainPDA.com Jul 27 2004 6:18PM GMT

Woman has heart-attack on plane that
also happens to be carrying 15 heart
specialists on their way to a medical
conference

Woman has heart-attack on plane that
also happens to be carrying 15 heart
specialists on their way to a medical
conference 01/01/2004 04:27 AM
Sick airline passenger had many doctors .. You don't get any luckier than this

cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/31/britain.lucky.ap/index.html
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World Heart gets big order, 20 Novacor
heart pumps for German centre

World Heart gets big order, 20 Novacor
heart pumps for German centre 02/17/2004 03:51 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Feb 17 2004 7:46PM GMT

State-of-the Art Heart Auscultation
Diagnosis Tools are Highlighted on World
Heart Day

State-of-the Art Heart Auscultation
Diagnosis Tools are Highlighted on World
Heart Day 09/27/2004 02:32 AM
Biosignetics Corporation has developed and applied state-of-the art signal processing computational algorithms aiming to stimulate basic research and to teach physicians and medical students to perform “digital” heart auscultation diagnosis during the routine medical checkups. Patent pending Heart Energy Signature has a great potential to become de-facto standard to record, store, compare and track sound based heart diagnosis data. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]

Heart pump maker World Heart narrows Q2
loss but misses revised sale target

Heart pump maker World Heart narrows Q2
loss but misses revised sale target 08/14/2004 01:31 PM
Canadian Press Aug 14 2004 4:14PM GMT

RFID-Alien-0.001

RFID-Alien-0.001 06/11/2004 11:47 PM

Alien and Predator, Together Forever?

Alien and Predator, Together Forever? 08/17/2004 11:22 AM
It's scary, scary, scary stuff.

Alien Assault Traders

Alien Assault Traders 04/25/2004 03:13 PM
Databases

Alien in 30 seconds, with bunnies

Alien in 30 seconds, with bunnies 07/09/2004 05:04 PM
Alien

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"Alien vs. Predator teaser!"

"Alien vs. Predator teaser!" 11/01/2003 04:13 AM

Alien vs. Predator Teaser

Alien vs. Predator Teaser 10/31/2003 12:49 PM
teaser .. movie

apple.com/trailers/fox/avp
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"Angry Alien Productions"

"Angry Alien Productions" 08/23/2004 02:38 PM

Dell fights Alien Invasion

Dell fights Alien Invasion 08/08/2004 10:49 AM

Computer Maker in an Alien World

Computer Maker in an Alien World 08/30/2004 06:13 AM
A company that makes odd-looking computers for gamers wants to expand its market. But Alienware execs wonder how many customers will appreciate the glowing alien eyes and other flourishes that have become its signature. By Michelle Delio.

Alien Swarm Add-on for UT2004 Showcased

Alien Swarm Add-on for UT2004 Showcased 05/28/2004 08:05 PM

Alien porn, hot space babes.

Alien porn, hot space babes. 12/10/2003 12:47 PM
I don't usually post links to regular old XXX porn sites on BoingBoing, but this one -- well, it's not regular. The kitsch is so thick you'll need a shovel -- cracked me up too hard to pass up. Promises "hot space babes," "celebrity beauties exposed to intergalactic invaders... alien monsters, galactic sex training, and more" -- shot with the lowest production values this side of the twelve colonies. Don't miss the poster for the site's remake of It Came from Outer Space. Warning: gratuitous purple appendages, much spurting of green liquid; probably about the least worksafe thing ever linked to from this blog. Link (thanks, Invi sible Cowgirl)

Alien movie leads US box office

Alien movie leads US box office 08/16/2004 10:46 AM
Sci-fi film Alien vs. Predator grosses $38.3m (£20.8m) at the US box office during its debut weekend.

Alien Planets Show Themselves for First Time

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