Blue Origin, the brainchild Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, goes public. Sort of. (Hey Steph, they’re hiring!)
Build spaceships, for real
Scaled Composites, the folks who built SpaceShipOne, are recruiting. They say they hire from all sorts of backgrounds, but I know CJ has at least one actual rocket scientist…
In related news, the X Prize Foundation is setting up draft rules for a lunar lander contest.
Earth’s sun a double star?
Recent discoveries of similiar astral bodies point towards a controversal theory that our sun may have a companion star. (via The Website at the End of the Universe)
In less theoretical news, a small rocky planet has been found orbiting a red dwarf. Researchers say it’s the most Earth-like planet found, despite being 5.5 times more massive and too cold to support life.
Too far from Mars, anyway
New planet is not officially named after Xena: Warrior Princess, despite reports to the contrary.
Instead, they’re looking for suggestions.