The most Earth-like planet ever discovered is circling a star 600 light years away, a key finding in an ongoing quest to learn if life exists beyond Earth. The temperature on the planet is a balmy 22°C and TWICE the size of our world.

The planet, called Kepler-22b, joins a list of more than 500 planets found to orbit stars beyond our solar system. It is the smallest and the best positioned to have liquid water on its surface — among the ingredients necessary for life on Earth. It orbits a star like the Sun 600 light years — that’s nearly 4,000 BILLION MILES — away in the constellation Cygnus. On a side note, a light year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km).

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Well well well, look who’s back. It feels like I haven’t posted here in ages..and that’s probably true. Without going to check my post log, I’m guessing it’s been 6-7 months or so. I’m amazed my blog still shows up in the search engines with the current lack of updates.

I haven’t forgotten about Fabnomena.com though. I’ve just been extremly busy with some of my other projects and I don’t think I’ll ever see an end to my to-do list.

So, what projects have I been working on you may ask? Well, if you really want to know…here I go!

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Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

The risky behaviors were: smoking tobacco; downing more than three alcoholic drinks per day for men and more than two daily for women; getting less than two hours of physical activity per week; and eating fruits and vegetables fewer than three times daily.

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I was browsing the web earlier today looking for some interesting reads. One specific article caught my attention right away. The article covers an eternal question most of us probably have pondered about. Why does time fly by as we get older?

I personally think the main reason for that is the fact that we get more and more busy as we get older. When we’re young we don’t have any commitments, all we have to worry about is school and homework. Everything else is also known as “the good life”. Click to read this interesting article..

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