Scientists pleasantly surprised by number of Earth-size, distant planets

CNN ^ | 2/19/11

[KevinDavis]

Where might extraterrestrials live? The first step is figuring out what other planets out there have conditions like our own.

Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope are working hard to find candidates for inhabitable planets. So far, it seems that for approximately every two stars in the galaxy, there is one possible planet, NASA's William Borucki said Saturday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Washington.

[PIF]

If there is other life, some of it might be a mere 100,000 years or so ahead of us... and might have left behind some junk for us to spot in our backyard somewhere.

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According to some, they did. NASA’s Lunar image library is ‘missing’ a great many images (in a series), others show signs of retouching. Gotta wonder also why the US Navy conducted a detailed classified mapping of the Lunar surface (the Clementine Mission).

[PIF]

“Venus is likely too hot but we haven’t done much study.”

As in ‘cleaning your oven’ hot.

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As in melting metal hot - 800-900 deg F. Not to mention the sulfuric acid rain and atmospheric pressures 90 times greater than that of the Earth.

[Lazamataz]

Interesting.....

[starlifter]

Did Jesus ride dinosaurs?

[Texas Eagle]

Did Jesus ride dinosaurs?

Apparently so. I'm not a scientist myself but based on the findings of this thread, if you are opposed to hard-earned taxpayer dollars being thrown down a black hole on the mere speculation (using the scientists own words) that there MIGHT be life on another planet, then Jesus rode dinosaurs.

I would ask to see the math on that one but I don't think I'd be able to understand it.

[starlifter]

Hard to argue with that logic.