A Habitable Super-Earth? - The Countdown, Episode 9

Nov 15, 2012

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The Countdown is a biweekly video show highlighting the best stuff happening in space, astronomy and physics. In this episode: The Real Planet Krypton, Sandy by Satellite, Smartphone Tricorder, Printing Rockets and a Habitable Super-Earth

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