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Galaxy has 'billions of Earths
BBC ^
| 15 February 2009
| NS
Posted on 02/15/2009 7:53:31 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft
There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, a US conference has heard.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; exoplanet; space; spacecolonization; xplanets
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To: dragnet2
Seems some, like you want to make this a religious thread... And others want to make it a secular one...
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posted on
02/16/2009 7:31:30 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: GOPJ
I think a lot of people got sucked into Buck Rogers and Jules Verne and later Star Trek and Star Wars. The planets in those shows are metaphors for countries, and space is a metaphor for the oceans, whether intentional or not, and it harkens back to a day when there were places on this planet that were truly unexplored, or at least the civilizations hadn't contacted each other enough for everything to seem familiar.
As to whether there is life out there, I have no idea. Whether I believe it or not has no bearing on whether it's out there. If there is life out there, it's possibly algae, not Vulcans or hot green chicks.
82
posted on
02/16/2009 7:48:14 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: BlueYonder
I appreciate your post, Blue. Great going!
Best Regards,
BR
83
posted on
02/16/2009 9:08:43 PM PST
by
Birmingham Rain
("Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow." (The Secret Garden))
To: SkyPilot
“God created the Earth, and we should be grateful for every breath. Apparently, that is too much to ask from some.”
Indeed, HE did.
I appreciate more and more people like you who speak out for God, our Creator.
Thank you,
BR
84
posted on
02/16/2009 9:18:26 PM PST
by
Birmingham Rain
("Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow." (The Secret Garden))
To: dragnet2
How many angels can fit on the end of a pin?
85
posted on
02/17/2009 7:10:51 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(A person who will lie for you, will also lie against you.)
To: Elsie
Goodness!
Ok....
“Surely?”
Yup
“Why??”
Why not?
“Law of Probability?”
Yup
“What is THAT?”
Catch phrase for the application of mathematics to the stochastic processes of the universe.
“What DATA will you plug into this ‘law’ to test the assertion? “
What are your own assertions, and what data do you plug into them?
86
posted on
02/18/2009 6:10:07 PM PST
by
wgflyer
(Liberalism is to society what HIV is to the immune system.)
To: wgflyer
Einstinian mind experiment:
We have 45 numbers in our state Lotto® system (pulling 6 at a time).
In 12 years, the number 26 has NEVER been selected.
What is the PROBABILITY that it will not be selected again next week?
87
posted on
02/18/2009 8:04:24 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
But, Elsie...
Why do I care? Better to buy gold, at the moment.
88
posted on
02/20/2009 2:58:44 PM PST
by
wgflyer
(Liberalism is to society what HIV is to the immune system.)
To: wgflyer
Or a LOT of food that needs no refrigeration!
89
posted on
02/20/2009 8:16:28 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Bringbackthedraft
First find the number of individual G2 stars in our galaxy, and go from there.
90
posted on
02/24/2009 5:38:08 AM PST
by
onedoug
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