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To: TigersEye
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For the first time, scientists have discovered an Earth-size alien planet in the habitable zone of its host star, an "Earth cousin" that just might have liquid water and the right conditions for life.(My emphasis.)

*SNIP*

...an Earth cousin that just might have liquid water but then again it just might NOT have liquid water.

This is standard modus operandi for all discoveries of exoplanets that make it sound as if there's some idyllic Eden out there, as if we could just hop on the latest warp drive vehicle and get there in no time. This planet has been reported to be orbiting a star 100 million light years from Earth.

In our own solar system there are only two worlds that have liquid oceans on its surface, the Earth, its oceans composed of liquid water and Titan, with liquid methane. Other worlds are simply much too far away to make any determination as to what exists on the surface of any exoplanet.

Suffice to say, to make any statement on what exists on the surface of any planet without direct evidence is worse than mere conjecture. There is absolutely no scientific basis to mention the possibility of liquid water being present on this newly discovered Earth-sized planet. To make such assumptions is not only egregiously irresponsible but is conjecture, anti-science at its worst, discussed on the basis merely for taking flights of fancy.

Found! First Earth-Size Planet That Could Support Life
http://www.space.com/25530-earthsize-exoplanet-kepler-186f-habitable-discovery.html

20 posted on 06/24/2014 12:19:36 PM PDT by lbryce (Barack Obama:Misbegotten Bastard OffSpring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: lbryce
That's bull crap! There is nothing "word for word" there.

These are the folks whom after observing a star 100 million light years from Earth...

Bull crap! The furthest exoplanet found so far is 500 light years away not 100 million light years away.

...being temporarily blocked by what is hypothesized to be an orbiting planet,...

Bull crap! There are two methods of determining if there are planets orbiting stars.

...will after making a few hasty calculations determine that its Earth sized,...

Bull crap! The calculations are quite precise and anything but hasty.

...may, I said may, have oceans on the surface with thick Amazonian Jungles...

Bull crap! The article you linked didn't say that and you can't find any article anywhere that does.

Major Breakthrough: First Photos of Planets Around Other Stars

21 posted on 06/24/2014 2:04:17 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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