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Astrobiology Science News 2 February 2008

By Keith Cowing
February 1, 2008
  • Gas and Dust Emission at the Outer Edge of Protoplanetary Disks, astro-ph
  • Microlensing Search for Planets with Two Simultaneously Rising Suns, astro-ph
  • The Impact of Transit Observations on Planetary Physics, astro-ph
Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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