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12.9 / 14.2 (estimate) = 0.9084507... (of the way there, assuming the current theories and estimates hold).

The 1.4-Gigapixel Camera Standing Between Us and Armageddon

This is super cool. The universe is awe-inspiring. My son Jack is studying space during summer school at his school/daycare. Too bad he does not grasp the concept of time yet - only "right now", "today" and "after this". Anything longer than a day is hard to understand. Still, I'm going to share this with him. Could you imagine if our hot, dry Texas summer lasted 40 years - or that Wisconsin's frigid, icy winter lasted 40 years. Ugh! Don't think I'll volunteer for the colonization of Neptune.

Beautiful !

This entire project just seems shady to me.

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