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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 24, 2015 9:12:52 GMT -5
Dubbed Kepler-452b, it orbits a main sequence star similar to but older than our own sun. The star is 6 billion years old (Sol is about 4.6 billion years old). The planet is a rocky world and orbits in the habitable band for life similar to ours. What's known of it has been deduced partially statistically, so no firm conclusions may be reached yet. Article |
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Bartman
Still Working,,,,,,Dammit!
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Post by Bartman on Jul 28, 2015 21:59:35 GMT -5
Only some 1400 lt yrs away I think I heard. Kepler and others have already spotted over a thousand Exo-planets so you do the math. Millions of stars in this galaxy alone means easily millions more planets. Odds of some supporting some kind of Life have gone Way up. The problem is Distance = Time. Some SF writer said "it's a Big back yard out there". We haven't even gotten off the Porch!
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Post by Ravenchamp on Jul 30, 2015 22:17:32 GMT -5
Exciting news, and we've only started
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