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In reply to the discussion: NASA'S Annoucement [View all]

Princess Turandot

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11. FWIW, per NASA's media page, the findings are under embargo by the journal Nature (until 1PM)...
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 07:00 AM
Feb 2017

so presumably, it involves a paper being published by them, relating to exoplanets. (As opposed to something scientists discovered last week.)

FYI For those who want to watch the 1PM news conference live online, there's coverage here: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
I assume that it will also be broadcast on their youtube tv channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision/

They do a good job with these most of the time i.e. the scientists they have presenting the findings usually do so clearly for a not-too-technical audience.

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Cheers brettdale Feb 2017 #2
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Aliens! Achilleaze Feb 2017 #4
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Pluto? Softail1 Feb 2017 #5
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FWIW, per NASA's media page, the findings are under embargo by the journal Nature (until 1PM)... Princess Turandot Feb 2017 #11
Cool stuff! greytdemocrat Feb 2017 #13
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Move Bear Creek Feb 2017 #18
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The Handmaids tale Bear Creek Feb 2017 #21
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Three planets in the Goldilocks zone. Stellar Feb 2017 #22
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