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Three new Exoplanets directly imaged

(Well... If you really dig into the details of the first and second Arxiv.org PDF maybe one of them is likely to accrete enough material to become a brown dwarf candidate)... still awesome though.

After the downer of Comet ISON's death... No pining for the fjords... No maybe death , it's nice to see something cool to cheer me up. Not that I won't try and have a last futile look for Comet ISON... if the sky is clear ... and I can still search for Comet Lovejoy

For those who prefer to look down, Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Blog urges one and all to check out this spectacular video made from time lapse pics from ISS

Stop whatever you’re doing (unless you’re performing brain surgery) and watch this astonishing and enthralling time-lapse video, showing the Earth from space using photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station:

Bonus Comet appearance in the video, too.