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NASA spots 54 potentially life-friendly planets ("Goldilocks zone" candidates)
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| 2/2/11
| Seth Borenstein - ap
Posted on 02/02/2011 10:31:21 AM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – An orbiting NASA telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, including more than 50 potential planets that appear to be in the habitable zone.
In just a year of peering out at a small slice of the galaxy, the Kepler telescope has spotted 1,235 possible planets outside our solar system. Amazingly, 54 of them are seemingly in the zone that could be hospitable to life — that is, not too hot or too cold, Kepler chief scientist William Borucki said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: goldilocks; goldilocksplanet; goldilockszone; lifefriendly; nasa; planets; potentially; xplanets
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To: 353FMG
Not to worry — we’ll find a way to travel faster than the speed of light.
That'll be nice, cuz then I can sleep in an extra hour each morning.
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posted on
02/02/2011 10:59:51 AM PST
by
Sopater
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
To: NormsRevenge
NASA is trying far too hard to get publicity. No mention of the kind of stars these "earth-like" planets are circling. If they're either red giants or red dwarfs, life is very unlikely. The energy of the photons from the star is too low to power any chemical reactions such as photosynthesis.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:01:01 AM PST
by
JoeFromSidney
(New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
To: NormsRevenge
NASA is trying far too hard to get publicity. No mention of the kind of stars these "earth-like" planets are circling. If they're either red giants or red dwarfs, life is very unlikely. The energy of the photons from the star is too low to power any chemical reactions such as photosynthesis.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:01:49 AM PST
by
JoeFromSidney
(New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
To: NormsRevenge
I got good news and bad news: the Iranians, Chi Coms and North Koreans landed on Mars. Now the good news, ALL of them.
To: BenLurkin
They look like they could use a probin’.
To: BenLurkin
They look like they could use a probin’.
To: BenLurkin
They look like they could use a probin’.
To: youngidiot
To: youngidiot
Dude...you are way too eager....
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:04:34 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: BenLurkin
Stop cock-blocking, man.
To: kittymyrib
But, but..... do you not understand that we must take them out before they annihilate US! Bob
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:06:07 AM PST
by
alstewartfan
("He sees past the glamour,She sees past the lies.Night is quick to anger.Dawn is slow to rise.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:08:05 AM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: hosepipe
"Why not search for planets in THIS galaxy..?"They are. I'm fairly certain that all of the planets they are analyzing are in our Milky Way galaxy. I don't believe we have anything powerful enough to literally 'see' inside of another galaxy at a level that would reveal planets.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:13:20 AM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: BenLurkin
Definitely requires repeated probing.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:14:26 AM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
I like the one on the far right.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:17:14 AM PST
by
GlockThe Vote
(Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
To: NormsRevenge
Perfect. Let the muslims establish their caliphate on one of those.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:20:01 AM PST
by
ScottinVA
(The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
To: GlockThe Vote
I like the one on the far right. She looks too much like she could kick my ass. I like the first and second on the left ......
(After shoveling 4 feet of snow from the end of my driveway, it probably wouldn't be too hard to kick my ass.)
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:25:07 AM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: BenLurkin
Apes or angels, but not men.
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:38:01 AM PST
by
Jagermonster
(They will not force us. They will stop degrading us. They will not control us. We will be victorious)
To: NormsRevenge
If we can invent Warp Drive i am so already there....
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:55:25 AM PST
by
GraceG
To: BenLurkin
I don't know why NASA is bothering with this. I thought their mission had been redefined as outreach to the Muslim world.
All these planets out there being discovered is a good reason to prevent online voting from ever being adopted...if intelligent life is ever found on one of those planets, the Democrats will figure out a way to get them to vote online for Democrat candidates.
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