Via Boing Boing, we are referred to a NASA project, “Eyes on Exoplanets,” that gives facts and figures on all the presently (at the time of posting) five thousand five hundred seventy-two confirmed discoveries of alien worlds complete with a hypothetical artist’s rendering of what the distant destination might look like. Spread across four thousand solar systems (plus wandering rogue ones) and with ten-thousand more candidates identified, especially interesting are those classified as Super Earths and the Ice Giants. Much more to explore at the link above.
one year ago: assorted links to revisit plus camouflage sweaters
two years ago: Facebook threatens to pull out of the EU plus bonfire of the vanities
three years ago: Martian New Year, East/West German broadcast propaganda plus a funerary train in Greater London
four years ago: a phantom island plus more links to enjoy
five years ago: a look at 1960s Space Age fashion, more links worth revisiting, phonosematics plus a Beethoven Line Rider doodle
