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04-24-2007, 07:18 PM #1
Potentially Habitable Planet Found
Potentially Habitable Planet Found
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
35 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe."
The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a "red dwarf," is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.
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http://www.comcast.net/news/index.js...24/645703.htmlWilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, as vital to our lives and water and good bread
- Edward Abbey
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04-24-2007 07:18 PM # ADS
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04-24-2007, 07:35 PM #2
Maybe there is life out there??????????????????????????????
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04-24-2007, 08:17 PM #3Originally Posted by davis_b_1Never leave home without a headhunter.
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04-24-2007, 08:58 PM #4
This is such a no-brainer. If you understand anything at all about the Universe, you've got to realize that there have got to be quillions of habitable planets. Yes, quillions. Maybe drillions. It's just been a matter of time before we started being able to find them.
The only way you think we are alone in the Universe is if you have the psyche of an infant and think the whole thing revolves around our one little planet.
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04-24-2007, 09:29 PM #5
some even think the universe revolves around them....
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, as vital to our lives and water and good bread
- Edward Abbey
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04-24-2007, 10:40 PM #6Originally Posted by davis_b_1
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04-24-2007, 11:01 PM #7Originally Posted by Gutpiler_Utahn
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04-25-2007, 08:12 AM #8
Oh great.
Now the conservatives have an excuse to finish destroying this earth and the liberals have an excuse for 100 trillion dollar project to try and see if we can settle another planet.Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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04-25-2007, 08:21 AM #9Originally Posted by Scott Patterson
Oh, and the article didn't say: does this new planet have a global warming problem? Is it our fault?
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04-25-2007, 09:25 AM #10Originally Posted by Richard Barron
Since it's sun is a Red Dwarf, maybe it will be a law to drive SUV's all of the time to keep the planet warm.
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04-25-2007, 09:58 AM #11
Hope it has some canyons.
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04-25-2007, 10:28 AM #12Originally Posted by Scott Patterson
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04-25-2007, 10:58 AM #13
Can you imagine the industrial waste created from the production of the Warp Gate to get to this new planet?
We'll have protesters fighting to move to this new planet because of earth being destroyed, and we'll have protesters fighting those protesters because of the environmental damage created by the WarpZone Industries plant.
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04-25-2007, 12:45 PM #14
I was thinking Scott would be stoked because he can finally has somewhere new to explore....
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04-26-2007, 12:26 AM #15Originally Posted by Richard Barron
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