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New Plant Earth Found, Our Answer to Global Warming
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Sweet, we found a new habitably planet to replace earth in 10 years after all the ice melts. From yahoo:
"For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe."
The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a "red dwarf," is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.
There's still a lot that is unknown about the new planet, which could be deemed inhospitable to life once more is known about it. And it's worth noting that scientists' requirements for habitability count Mars in that category: a size relatively similar to Earth's with temperatures that would permit liquid water. However, this is the first outside our solar system that meets those standards.
"It's a significant step on the way to finding possible life in the universe," said University of Geneva astronomer Michel Mayor, one of 11 European scientists on the team that found the planet. "It's a nice discovery. We still have a lot of questions."
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Anonymous
(Posted 4/25/07)
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Anonymous
(4/26):
Yeah, now presuming that it's a paradise we haven't screwed up yet, all we have to do is figure out how to travel 120 trillion miles in maybe a week or two (and I want to take my RV with me!).
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Anonymous
(5/22):
why a week or two?
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dust_99_98
(5/22):
Well who knows probably there is already someone on that planet ! And as we don't know yet could be more advance then us so we will get our buts kicked. LOL
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