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Boffins spot planet that could support life... just 12 light years away
The Register ^
| 19th December 2012 10:35 GMT
| Brid-Aine Parnell
Posted on 12/20/2012 2:51:42 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
But these people that can see a mere 6 light years away did they vote for Obama?..
If they did their judgements on anything are suspect..
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posted on
12/20/2012 4:01:37 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Nateman
The transit method makes finding tight orbits easier as well. A planet that has a transit every few days is naturally going to be easier to spot than one that only transits once every 365 days.
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posted on
12/20/2012 4:05:12 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That’s it then, I’m off. Except for a couple of minor engineering issues - light-speed travel, for example - the biggest problem will be TSA on the other end. Tentacles. I shall say no more.
To: Chipper
Us little people won’t be going. Only the important people.
Then, the little people will fare better.
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posted on
12/20/2012 4:37:40 PM PST
by
adorno
(Y)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Tau Ceti, which is just 12 light years away and can be seen with the naked eye in the night sky
If we can see them, they can see us.
And, would they mind if they see our eyes naked? You never know what kind of fetishes those "Tau Cetians" might have.
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posted on
12/20/2012 4:45:20 PM PST
by
adorno
(Y)
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
12/20/2012 4:48:10 PM PST
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: Billthedrill
Tentacles. I shall say no more.I think we all know how that ends...
/johnny
To: Billthedrill
Shouldn’t we check if they have water and electricity?
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posted on
12/20/2012 5:08:15 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: ClearBlueSky
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posted on
12/20/2012 8:13:16 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: nomad
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posted on
12/20/2012 8:14:12 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
12/20/2012 8:49:31 PM PST
by
Ransomed
To: COBOL2Java
You would need a lot of FAITH to ascend in that vehicle....
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posted on
12/21/2012 8:57:41 AM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Red Badger; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Ernest and Red Badger for the pings, additional:
Tau Ceti’s planets nearest around single, Sun-like star
BBC | 19 December 2012 Last updated at 00:32 ET | Staff
Posted on December 19, 2012 9:30:24 AM EST by Red Badger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2970304/posts
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posted on
12/21/2012 8:28:04 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks Ernest_at_the_Beach and Red Badger.
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posted on
12/21/2012 8:33:13 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I hear the Tau Ceti aliens are friendly!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Those crazy Brits and their language, I didn’t know this.
Boffin: A boffin is British slang for a scientist, engineer, or other person engaged in technical or scientific work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffin
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posted on
12/22/2012 5:26:10 AM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: JRandomFreeper
We found the planet of the Dwarves:
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posted on
12/22/2012 5:29:44 AM PST
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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