The end goal of all this is to answer the fundamental question: Are we alone? But how did life form on Earth, and how easy is it for life to form? Those are other questions the discovery of planets can help us answer.

It's interesting that 10 or 15 years ago this was science fiction.

Vulcan, for the Greek god of fire, really didn't fit something at the very edge of the solar system.

The Greco-Roman names that traditionally are used for naming bodies in our solar system have almost completely been used up on asteroids.

There's a very subtle effect, a spike, and that's what we're looking for.

People don't know that there is room for negotiation and that it is Town Meeting who decides. I feel it is like Congress, it is the legislative branch of town government.

The softening in the housing market is probably the leading indicator as to where our economy is headed. Yields at these levels will no doubt affect consumer spending.