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60 billion alien planets could support life, study suggests
Fox News ^
| 07/03/2013
| Megan Gannon
Posted on 07/04/2013 4:55:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 07/04/2013 5:06:10 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Though only about dozen potentially habitable exoplanets have been detected so far, scientists say the universe should be teeming with alien worlds that could support plant life. The Milky Way alone may host 60 billion such planets around faint red dwarf stars, a new estimate suggests.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Religion; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: habitability; life; planet; xplanets
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To: SeekAndFind
Wrong. The actual number is 58,345.671,443.
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posted on
07/04/2013 4:59:10 PM PDT
by
heights
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/04/2013 4:59:29 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: heights
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:00:14 PM PDT
by
heights
To: heights
Mmmm, I think you forgot to carry the two.
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:00:43 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: SeekAndFind
60 billion? I’d like to be associated with just ONE planet that has intelligent life remaining.
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:01:19 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: SeekAndFind
To: Safetgiver
Flash went to one...
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:05:48 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: SeekAndFind
:Let’s build some Von Neumann probes and check it out.
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:06:57 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
To: heights
so many planets to send liberals to..
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:07:02 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
To: SeekAndFind
Good send all the leftists there and leave us the planet suffering from global warming and over population....
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:07:41 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: SeekAndFind
and 60 billion spaghetti monsters could fly out of Moocher’s a$$ over in Africa...
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:10:40 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Sirius Lee
:Lets build some Von Neumann probes and check it out.
And then wonder why all we find are our own Von Neuman probes....
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:24:39 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: SeekAndFind
To: max americana
The last society to do that died out from a plague spread by unwashed pay phones...
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:28:01 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: max americana
Send ‘em in Generation Ships. . . but design them to only last ~5 generations. Between the Sacrament of Abortion, and the typical activity of liberal-approved “yutes”, I’d be surprised if they make **3** generations. . .
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:35:56 PM PDT
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Salgak
(http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks SeekAndFind. Listmembers, be aware that I've not scanned this topic for the same old wheels turning in the same old ruts, i.o.w., the various anti-intellectual clichés that crop up on a lot of science and/or astronomy topics.
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:38:51 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:39:47 PM PDT
by
kjam22
(my newest music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7gNI9bWO3s)
To: max americana
so many planets to send liberals to.. screw that. Round them up and shoot them into the sun. They've already screwed up this planet!
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:47:49 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: SeekAndFind
Y'MEAN THEY COULD HAVE THEIR OWN PLANETS ??!!!!?
SEND 'EM OFF !!!
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posted on
07/04/2013 5:48:03 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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