February 21 Postings

Discover Magazine says, "The tale of these ancient hominids revolves around one huge question: Were they our direct ancestors, or were they an evolutionary dead end brushed aside by another, more advanced species?"
From Discover Magazine: "The search is on. NASA has given the Terrestrial Planet Finder mission top priority, and a team of Princeton astronomers has come up with a design for a space-based telescope that within two decades could locate a planet that looks a lot like home."