Teen Skepchick’s Reality Checks 12.07
- An Earth-like planet has been found. (via NPR)
- A new finding indicates that chimps experience some form of synaesthesia, an uncommon condition in which the senses become intertwined. (via Scientific American)
- Top 16 space pictures. (via Bad Astronomy)
- Physicists weigh in on Higgs boson. (via The Guardian)
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That is like saying Venus is “Earth Like” for having similar mass and size to the Earth. Both planets are in the habitable zone, yet they couldn’t be any more different. How about we find out more about the planet before calling it “Earth like”.
Sorry if I sound like a party pooper. But I feel like what the medias are spreading around is misleading. That is why I really like Phil Plait’s article on it: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/05/kepler-confirms-first-planet-found-in-the-habitable-zone-of-a-sun-like-star/#more-41652
Not a party pooper at all! Thanks for sharing a better article!