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Makemake -- or Easter bunny -- enters book of space names

July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Pluto -- downgraded two years ago to the status of a dwarf planet -- has an exotically-named chum on the fringes of the Solar System.


100 years on, mystery shrouds massive 'cosmic impact' in Russia

June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 68 vote(s) | User comments: 13

A hundred years ago this week, a gigantic explosion ripped open the dawn sky above the swampy taiga forest of western Siberia, leaving a scientific riddle that endures to this day.


Astronomical clues point to eclipse in Homer's 'Odyssey'

June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s) | No comments yet

Astronomical clues found in Homer's "The Odyssey" could help confirm a total solar eclipse when Odysseus returned home, providing a potentially accurate timeline for the fall of Troy, two scientists reported ...