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First planet with water is spotted outside Solar System
AP ^ | 07/11/07

Posted on 07/11/2007 5:44:11 PM PDT by KevinDavis

PARIS (AFP) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced they had spotted the first planet beyond the Solar System that has water, the precious ingredient for life.

The watery world, though, is far beyond the reach of our puny chemically-powered rockets -- and in any case is quite uninhabitable.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: hd189733b; space; xplanets
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To: KevinDavis
Vulpecula the Fox

Well she's cute, but she's now Jessica Rabbit.


21 posted on 07/12/2007 5:47:43 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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