Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond. The rocky planet, called ’55 Cancri e’, orbits a sun-like star in the constellation of Cancer and is moving so fast that a year there lasts a mere 18 […]
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Using Orbitz to Book Your Hotel? Have A Mac? Orbitz May Not Be Showing You the Cheaper Deals….
If your Using Orbits to book your next trip, you’ll want to consider carefully before closing the deal from your iPad, all things are not equal between Mac and PC users are shown the more pricey hotels first while the travel site assumes PC users are less concerned about where they stay and more […]
Rogue planets! Scientists detect Jupiter-sized roamers inside the Milky Way
The bitterly fought Pluto wars of a few years back showed that even the experts disagree on what is and what isn’t a planet. One thing there’s no quarrel about, of course: a planet is, by definition, something that orbits a star.