Aug 18, 2017 05:05 AM
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Voyager's 'Cosmic Map' Of Earth's Location Is Hopelessly Wrong
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswitha...75764f69d5
EXCERPT: Forty years ago, the Voyager spacecrafts were launched, destined to become the first human-created objects to leave the Solar System. As they traveled away from Earth and into interstellar space, they carried a special message for anyone who'd find them in the far future: the Voyager Golden Record. Containing songs, images, and sounds of Earth, it was designed to be an information-laden cosmic time capsule, capable of being easily deciphered by any intelligent alien species to come upon it. On the cover of the record, a series of diagrams was emblazoned, including one very important one: a map of Earth's location in the galaxy. Although the method used to locate Earth was very clever, it's now understood to be inherently flawed, meaning anyone receiving it will most likely be unable to track down exactly where our planet is, after all....
MORE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswitha...75764f69d5
Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest sun-like star
https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/08/tau-ceti-planets.html
EXCERPT: A new study by an international team of astronomers reveals that four Earth-sized planets orbit the nearest sun-like star, tau Ceti, which is about 12 light years away and visible to the naked eye. These planets have masses as low as 1.7 Earth mass, making them among the smallest planets ever detected around nearby sun-like stars. Two of them are super-Earths located in the habitable zone of the star, meaning they could support liquid surface water....
MORE: https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/08/tau-ceti-planets.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswitha...75764f69d5
EXCERPT: Forty years ago, the Voyager spacecrafts were launched, destined to become the first human-created objects to leave the Solar System. As they traveled away from Earth and into interstellar space, they carried a special message for anyone who'd find them in the far future: the Voyager Golden Record. Containing songs, images, and sounds of Earth, it was designed to be an information-laden cosmic time capsule, capable of being easily deciphered by any intelligent alien species to come upon it. On the cover of the record, a series of diagrams was emblazoned, including one very important one: a map of Earth's location in the galaxy. Although the method used to locate Earth was very clever, it's now understood to be inherently flawed, meaning anyone receiving it will most likely be unable to track down exactly where our planet is, after all....
MORE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswitha...75764f69d5
Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest sun-like star
https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/08/tau-ceti-planets.html
EXCERPT: A new study by an international team of astronomers reveals that four Earth-sized planets orbit the nearest sun-like star, tau Ceti, which is about 12 light years away and visible to the naked eye. These planets have masses as low as 1.7 Earth mass, making them among the smallest planets ever detected around nearby sun-like stars. Two of them are super-Earths located in the habitable zone of the star, meaning they could support liquid surface water....
MORE: https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/08/tau-ceti-planets.html