Kepler starts releasing smaller planet data: 1.5 Earth Mass transit exoplanet found

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/science/space/27planet.html?hp

2009 US Energy use

https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/news_releases/2010/images/energy-flow-annotated.pdf

The latest energy generation/use chart for the US is out. Sinks and source, plus general field of use--it's a fascinating chart, and I hope it gives you a sense of where real solutions to the energy issue lie. Let's work on the efficiency issue.

Via Treehugger

Another impact on Jupiter

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/101264994.html

My first thought once it was confirmed was "What is the real rate of visible Jovian impacts versus our sampling rate of looking for them?".

Haze and smoke from western Canada

Haze and smoke visible in on the visible satellite image for this afternoon might give the less humid weather the next few days in Chicago a tinge of non-clarity.

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html