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22% of Sun-like Stars have Earth-sized Planets in the Habitable Zone
universetoday.com ^
| November 4, 2013
| Nancy Atkinson on
Posted on 11/05/2013 6:51:23 AM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:51:23 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Maybe we’ll lizards with big brains! Oh yeah—career politicians.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:53:26 AM PST
by
SC_Pete
To: BenLurkin
I predict we’ll eventually learn that none of them have life, and we’ll likely never visit a single one.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:53:55 AM PST
by
Boogieman
To: BenLurkin
considering almost everything we see in our own backyard has a moon circling it, it is more likely closer to 100% of the suns have planets, and many of those planets have moons
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:54:14 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
To: SC_Pete
Career politicians - lizards with pea brains.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:54:18 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
You realized what you’ve started?
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:54:25 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
There are about 140 unique properties of earth that make life possible. When I see a planet with two properties I am totally unimpressed.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:55:11 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: SC_Pete
They could not be career politicians with “big” brains.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:55:53 AM PST
by
MWestMom
(Psalms 109:8)
To: Boogieman
If “life” is bacterium then I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a lot of it out there in the galaxy.
If “life” means something you might want to have as a pet — or even converse with — then probably not so much.
And frankly, if it’s habitable — then I’d just as soon we be the first life to arrive. Simplifies things.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:57:31 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Mr. K
I know they have found a few of the supergiants orbiting in fairly circular habitable zone orbits. Moons around those could prove promising.
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posted on
11/05/2013 6:57:43 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
I’m not all that interested in “intelligent” life. It presents nothing but problems. What we need is life we can eat.
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:00:11 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
22% seems like a very high percentage of sun like stars that have potentially life sustaining planets.
What percentage of stars are ‘sun like’? (If this number is small, it makes more sense to me.)
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:00:33 AM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: cripplecreek
No, but I get the feeling I’m about to find out.
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:00:35 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:01:16 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Good show on the science channel right now talking about earth and the potential for life elsewhere.
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:02:46 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Boogieman
I hope you don’t think we know everything there is to know in physics
I feel quite the opposite- that one day we will find faster-than-light travel.
I am betting it is in area 51 on the vehicles bob lazaar said he worked on, with the anti-gravity drive (yes I am serious)
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:04:59 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
To: Triple
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:05:00 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:07:28 AM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: BenLurkin
Per the report, the nearest alternate “earth” is 12 light years away.
The report asked the question: why are other intelligence just observing?
Oh, the Heisenberg name comes to mind again.
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posted on
11/05/2013 7:08:47 AM PST
by
cicero2k
To: cripplecreek
We need to find some here first before we go looking elsewhere.
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