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A New Frontier: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Confirms Existence of Earth-Sized Rocky Exoplanet!
Scitech Daily ^ | JANUARY 17, 2023 | By SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

Posted on 01/18/2023 11:32:56 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 01/18/2023 11:32:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv; SuperLuminal

XO Planet Ping!................


2 posted on 01/18/2023 11:33:32 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
The planet whips around its star in just two days

Probably tidally locked.

3 posted on 01/18/2023 11:35:09 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

More nasa — who really cares.


4 posted on 01/18/2023 11:36:27 AM PST by George from New England
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To: Sirius Lee

Not a place to live if you are prone to getting dizzy...


5 posted on 01/18/2023 11:37:52 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger
Rocky exoplanet

Gonna fly now, flying high now,
Gonna fly, fly, flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

6 posted on 01/18/2023 11:38:05 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Sirius Lee

That’s what the scientists thought about Mercury, too.........


7 posted on 01/18/2023 11:38:31 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, but this one is more closer-ER.


8 posted on 01/18/2023 11:39:38 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: chajin
Rocky exoplanet

Gonna fly now, flying high now,
Gonna fly, fly, flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

"Yo, Elon!"


9 posted on 01/18/2023 11:40:45 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Red Badger
"...The planet is only a few hundred degrees warmer than our home planet."

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A safe assumption that your long johns and parka are not required.
But pack 'em anyway just in case. You never know.
Space craft may break down or get a flat simscitall-sphere halfway there...

10 posted on 01/18/2023 11:43:21 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: George from New England

Bingo. My feeling exactly.


11 posted on 01/18/2023 11:43:35 AM PST by Fungi
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To: Sirius Lee

But the star is smaller-er.................


12 posted on 01/18/2023 11:44:00 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It’s not in the habitable zone, so is not Earth-like in any way.


13 posted on 01/18/2023 11:48:57 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: Red Badger

My last project before I retired


14 posted on 01/18/2023 11:52:55 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Red Badger
The planet is only a few hundred degrees warmer than our home planet

Which makes it uninhabitable

15 posted on 01/18/2023 11:56:43 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Red Badger

A red dwarf star?

If they don’t name the planet “Krypton”, they’re idiots.


16 posted on 01/18/2023 11:56:54 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Vaquero

Now we know where to put all that asbestos..................


17 posted on 01/18/2023 12:03:36 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Nifster

Did you turn off the lights when you left?...............


18 posted on 01/18/2023 12:04:22 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
the planet is a few hundred degrees warmer than Earth

Well, it's not the heat, it's the humidity.

19 posted on 01/18/2023 12:06:17 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

There’s probably no atmosphere, so it’s a DRY HEAT.......😜


20 posted on 01/18/2023 12:10:43 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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