Oct. 23rd, 2013
Exoplanet tally soars above 1,000
Oct. 23rd, 2013 10:21 am
The number of observed exoplanets - worlds circling distant stars - has passed 1,000.
Of these, 12 could be habitable - orbiting at a distance where it is neither "too hot" nor "too cold" for water to be liquid on the surface.
Lists courtesy of Andrew Wheeler.
Contents for anthologies and omnibuses from the Locus Index
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Contents for anthologies and omnibuses from the Locus Index
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Local news
Oct. 23rd, 2013 05:22 pm
The military was called in after an elderly woman showed up at an Ontario police station to turn in grenades, a tank round and even aircraft bombs dating back to the Second World War.
Police in St. Thomas, south of London, say the 94-year-old woman walked into their front lobby Tuesday carrying her late husband's collection of military munitions.