Jeez, and here I thought they were talking about Earth…
They are calling it the ‘Forbidden Planet‘ because it isn’t something that’s supposed to be, it defies expectations. Perhaps a more apt name would be the ‘Impossible Planet’ but let’s not get into the nomenclature.
Source: The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist But Does – Neatorama
Our own Michael Brotherton (sky seer!) has been conducting the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for a number of years now. The program recently lost its funding from NASA (thank you sequestration) and is looking into ways to continue to move forward – they’re accepting applications for 2013’s iteration. In the meantime, they’ve launched a launch […]
China will be sending silk worms to the Moon
