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New 'life in space' hope after billions of 'habitable planets' found in Milky Way
The Telegraph ^
| 03/26/12
Posted on 03/28/2012 4:58:07 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Billions of potentially habitable planets may exist within our galaxy, the Milky Way, raising new prospects that life could exist near Earth, a study has found.
Researchers discovered that at least 100 of the ''super-Earths'' may be on our galactic doorstep, at distances of less than 30 light years, or about 180 trillion miles, from the sun.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: space; xplanets
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Pretty soon we find a new home..
To: Jack Hydrazine; ELS; ToxicMich; Cronos; A_perfect_lady; Art in Idaho; perplyone; TheOldLady; ...
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posted on
03/28/2012 4:59:35 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(I support Mitt...)
To: KevinDavis
How about WE stay here and let the liberals and etc. go find themselves a Utopia where they can tax themselves into prosperity?
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:01:01 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
To: KevinDavis
I once wrote a humor story where habitable planets all became homesteads. Travel to anywhere was instaneous. Planets might be 4345 Elm.
lol.
There was a daily mailbot and everything.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:01:36 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: KevinDavis
For now I'm stuck with making my own.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:03:42 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: MeganC; All
You can stay here with your railroads among the liberals and let the conservatives leave..
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:05:24 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(I support Mitt...)
To: KevinDavis
Billions of potentially habitable planets may exist within our galaxy, the Milky Way, raising new prospects that life could exist near Earth, a study has found. This is good news for Mitt Romney , Glenn Beck, Orin Hatch and Harry Reid. - tom
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:07:10 PM PDT
by
Capt. Tom
To: GeronL
I read a short story by SciFi author Jack Vance with a similar plot.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:08:05 PM PDT
by
GSWarrior
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:08:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: KevinDavis
I want to populate my planet with miners, loggers, and farmers.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:09:53 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: KevinDavis
Right. Can’t even get 240,000 miles to the moon anymore.
No spaecraft will make it that far. Cosmic radiation bursts will kill off the crew, or low/no gravity will.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:11:04 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: KevinDavis
These are close enough that we can build telescopes that can see oceans, clouds, icecaps, and vegetation on them if it exists.
To: cripplecreek; All
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:12:35 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(I support Mitt...)
To: Secret Agent Man; All
You do realize that someday we will develop FTL technology, artificial gravity, and ways to protect to the passengers from radiation..
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:15:40 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(I support Mitt...)
To: cripplecreek
I want to populate my planet with miners, loggers, and farmers.
I want to populate mine with good looking, bootlegging, horney women who also love to cook and clean house.........
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:16:30 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
To: Hot Tabasco
......good looking, bootlegging, horney women who also love to cook and clean house......... Finally a vision of the future I can support!
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:21:39 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
To: KevinDavis
I sometimes wonder how broad the definition of “habitable” is. Aside from gravity and atmosphere, how many of these planets can support the agriculture necessary to maintain human life?
To: GSWarrior
lol.
I didn’t know it was cliche... but I guess the tribble thing is close.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:23:08 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: KevinDavis
Scientists say that where there is water, there also could be life although they add that being in the habitable zone is no guarantee that life has evolvedThat's also true here on Earth. For example, Detroit has water.
To: KevinDavis
Project Daedalus. A theoretical trip to Barnard’s Star in 50 years.
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posted on
03/28/2012 5:24:17 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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