For some time already I had been looking for an online/distance Petrology class since I was playing with the idea to go for a concentration in Geology (and Physics?) at COSC and they have a Petrology class in the core courses they require. In the beginning of January I had once again been digging around [...]
Tag Archive 'Planetary-Science'
There is no place like home… or is there?
Posted in The Lapintosh Files on Jul 4th, 2003
British astronomers say they found the first sun-like star with a giant gas planet in an orbit similar to Jupiter’s, which leaves plenty of room for worlds like Earth and Mars.
The discovery “moves this star to No. 1 on the list” of places to look for a planet like Earth, said astrophysicist Hugh Jones of [...]

