A thousand worlds...

A thousand more worlds to learn of, to dream of.

More than that, apparently!

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/02/science-space-kepler-planets.html

New stuff being released by the Kepler team via Facebook and Twitter further expands upon this, so you may want a look at that. Also, you may want to check this page out:

http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=98

There are PDF and PowerPoint downloads available there if you're of a mind and have the bandwidth room available or sufficient patience with dial-up speeds. (More on that subject in another post!)

About the weather this week?

So...one of my friends in Australia has been dodging weather "bullets" lately, as have a number of my friendlisters here on LJ scattered across the fair chunk of Canada and the States this week. Hoping that you'll sing out as soon as you're able if you haven't already done so here or on Facebook or wherever else you deem fit.

More on comics later. Hopefully tomorrow, as I'm working up a list of books I'm paying special attention to as a fan rather than a creator. It's becoming Important of late to put the word out about some of these books...