Small, Rocky World Could Harbor Life


	Small, Rocky World Could Harbor Life

BigBadWolf

5-18-2007 7:16 PM

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5-20-2007 10:22 PM

pokkets

If there are so many planets, why can't we find intelligent life ?
I'm inclined to believe intelligent life found us first, and are intelligent enough to keep their orifices shut.
The deeper we look the more intricate we find the universe to be. We know there is so much more out there.
May we never stop being Amazed.

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first time, astronomers have discovered a planet far, far away that might be
similar to Earth. This distant world, which pirouettes around a dim bulb of a
star with the unglamorous name Gliese 581, may possibly sport a landscape that
would be vaguely familiar to us - a panorama of liquid oceans and drifting
continents. If so, there's the chance that it's a home to life - perhaps even
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dozen years since the first planet around a star other than the Sun was
uncovered. Since then, small teams of astronomers have been flushing out fresh
planetary prey at the rate of about one every two weeks. Today, it's easy to
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