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Kepler space telescope finds possible planets
SF Gate ^ | 06/16/10 | David Perlman

Posted on 06/17/2010 5:32:28 PM PDT by KevinDavis

The Kepler space telescope seeking Earth-like planets in a far-off region of the Milky Way has discovered more than 700 planetary "candidates" - some that just might be the right size and in the right places for life to be possible.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: contact; first; kepler; klingon; space; telescope; vulcan; xplanets
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Good news!!!!!
1 posted on 06/17/2010 5:32:28 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: ColdOne; Tolkien; FreedomPoster; FrPR; BP2; mrreaganaut; Las Vegas Dave; Hell to pay; ...

2 posted on 06/17/2010 5:33:32 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking.)
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To: KevinDavis

ready to go if true...this place is going to the camels!


3 posted on 06/17/2010 5:34:14 PM PDT by ldish (Looking forward to Independence Day)
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To: KevinDavis

Too bad Obama killed man space flight


4 posted on 06/17/2010 5:34:57 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: KevinDavis
This is, by far, my greatest disappointment in not living much longer. I'd truly like to know how it all turns out. But, then again, I have my imaginations.
5 posted on 06/17/2010 5:36:24 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: ldish

You beat me to it.


6 posted on 06/17/2010 5:36:31 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Glenn

My ideal version of heaven involves the ability to explore the universe.


7 posted on 06/17/2010 5:37:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

Maybe the Chinese will take some of us indentured servants since China owns so much of the country?


8 posted on 06/17/2010 5:37:38 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Nachum

Obama is making the USA the final frontier...


9 posted on 06/17/2010 5:38:18 PM PDT by FrankR (Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
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To: cripplecreek
My ideal version of heaven involves the ability to explore the universe.

Knowing everything would be the last thing I want. Learning something new is the only real pleasure.

10 posted on 06/17/2010 5:38:59 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: wally_bert; All

Better get your browncoat ready..


11 posted on 06/17/2010 5:39:05 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking.)
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To: cripplecreek

Amen bro.. Amen...


12 posted on 06/17/2010 5:39:41 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking.)
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To: SunkenCiv

/mark


13 posted on 06/17/2010 5:40:18 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KevinDavis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1sjAmHoasc


14 posted on 06/17/2010 5:41:46 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: KevinDavis

Worlds without number have I created...


15 posted on 06/17/2010 5:47:31 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: KevinDavis

do you suppose that they are looking back?????


16 posted on 06/17/2010 5:48:29 PM PDT by terycarl (4)
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To: FrankR

Planet-Obama, a backward world spinning backward out of control.


17 posted on 06/17/2010 5:50:37 PM PDT by Rodm
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To: Glenn
This is, by far, my greatest disappointment in not living much longer. I'd truly like to know how it all turns out. But, then again, I have my imaginations.

How do you know you won't find out before or after death?

18 posted on 06/17/2010 5:57:49 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2
How do you know you won't find out before or after death?

The honest answer is, "I don't".

My personal philosophy is agnostic, so I don't expect that I will know anything after my death.

19 posted on 06/17/2010 5:59:45 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: Glenn
Ya never know my friend.

As an amateur astronomer, I honestly believe there is a lot more to all this, than just this current life we are living.

JMO....

20 posted on 06/17/2010 6:06:19 PM PDT by dragnet2
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