Star Search 2004

If you have any interest in exosolar planets (now being sensibly referred to as "exoplanets"), there here's some exciting news:

August 25: Astronomers announce the finding of a planet a mere 14 times the mass of Earth orbiting the star of Mu Arae.

August 31 Some more gas giants.

What I wouldn't give for a two-thousand year lifespan to see what's going to be found...