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What is the new standard for web addresses?

SAN FRANCISCO – THIRTY years after the first Internet addresses were created, the supply of addresses officially ran dry on Thursday. But don’t panic. The transition to a new version of addresses is already well under way and, for most people, should occur without even being noticed. At a special ceremony in Miami on Thursday, …

What is Kepler-10b ?

January 12, 2011 | Author: | Posted in The Sciences

WASHINGTON – NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system, but its scorching temperatures are too hot for life, the space agency said on Monday. The exoplanet, named Kepler-10b, is the smallest-ever planet discovered outside our solar system, and was …