Friday, April 6, 2007

NM Spaceport New Mexico says 'Yes' to Branson spaceport. Blog: After two days of waiting, the spaceport supporters are smiling. They won a narrow vote in rural Doña Ana County, New Mexico.Now... [CNET News.com] 3:08:39 PM

'Planetary Formation in Binary Systems' Planets Thrive Around Stellar Twins. The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film "Star Wars" might not be a fantasy. Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed that planetary systems - dusty disks of asteroids, comets and possibly planets - are at least as abundant in twin-star systems as they are in those, like our own, with only one star. read more [Science Blog - Science News: Think. It's not illegal yet.] 8:46:58 AM