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Alien Earths May Be Widespread in Our Milky Way Galaxy
space.com ^
| 06/13/12
| Mike Wall
Posted on 06/13/2012 4:50:57 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Small, rocky planets can coalesce around a wide variety of stars, suggesting that Earth-like alien worlds may have formed early and often throughout our Milky Way galaxy's history, a new study reveals.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: space; xplanets
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Well Duh!!!!!
To: Jack Hydrazine; ELS; ToxicMich; paintriot; Cronos; A_perfect_lady; Art in Idaho; perplyone; ...
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posted on
06/13/2012 4:53:49 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(In order for the human race to survive, Space is the final frontier.)
To: KevinDavis
Alien Earths
they might call their planet Bucket or even Ralph , maybe they don’t even call it a planet
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posted on
06/13/2012 4:53:54 PM PDT
by
molson209
To: KevinDavis
Small rocky planets are also common in this solar system, but life only exists on one of them.
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posted on
06/13/2012 4:55:49 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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posted on
06/13/2012 4:59:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:00:46 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: SampleMan
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:02:10 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: KevinDavis
Watch out for them blue humanoids. They are all libtards...
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:04:32 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
To: KevinDavis
The more we discover the more demoted we become.
As some point our exceptionalism (as a life form) will disappear.
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:04:57 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: KevinDavis
I have always thought it was a mistake to assume that the spaces between stars and galaxies were empty
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:09:03 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(I AM WRITING-IN PALIN/GINGRICH)
To: SampleMan
Small rocky planets are also common in this solar system, but life only exists on one of them. We've only discovered life on one, so far...
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:13:26 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(Goode or Evil.)
To: KevinDavis
Yea, plug that into your Drake equation!
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:14:05 PM PDT
by
Species8472
(Stupid is supposed to hurt)
To: KevinDavis
Yea, plug that into your Drake equation!
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:14:05 PM PDT
by
Species8472
(Stupid is supposed to hurt)
To: KevinDavis
Yea, plug that into your Drake equation!
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:14:05 PM PDT
by
Species8472
(Stupid is supposed to hurt)
To: Mr. K
The most recent estimate is that 80% of the stars in the universe are red dwarfs we can’t even see.
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:31:15 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Sirius Lee; cripplecreek
I think we can safely rule it out. At the very best, Mars might support microbial life deep underground.
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:52:24 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: SampleMan
At the very best, Mars might support microbial life deep underground.
Probably but it would be life.
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posted on
06/13/2012 5:58:06 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: KevinDavis
Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards:
The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for DiscoveryHaving such planets properly placeed in the galaxy would also appear to make quite a difference: too far out on the limbs, relatively few second and third generation planets, fewer heavy metals; too far in, dangers of collisions; situation in relatively debris free lanes, etc....
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posted on
06/13/2012 6:02:00 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: KevinDavis
"Can I buy some pot from you?"
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posted on
06/13/2012 6:05:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SampleMan
The oceans of Europa also might have some ‘things’ going on.
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posted on
06/13/2012 6:16:22 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Don't just talk about it, make it happen.)
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