Date: 11/08/2016 22:27:55
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 939206
Subject: Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth

Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth

Astronomers are narrowing the field in their search for a “second Earth.”

An international team of researchers has identified the 20 most Earth-like worlds among the more than 4,000 exoplanet candidates that NASA’s Kepler space telescope has detected to date, scientists report in a new study.

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Date: 11/08/2016 23:16:17
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 939240
Subject: re: Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth

CrazyNeutrino said:


Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth

Astronomers are narrowing the field in their search for a “second Earth.”

An international team of researchers has identified the 20 most Earth-like worlds among the more than 4,000 exoplanet candidates that NASA’s Kepler space telescope has detected to date, scientists report in a new study.

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Ha!

I bet all of them are in tight eccentric orbits about variable stars.
So there.

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Date: 11/08/2016 23:20:33
From: dv
ID: 939241
Subject: re: Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth

mollwollfumble said:


CrazyNeutrino said:

Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth

Astronomers are narrowing the field in their search for a “second Earth.”

An international team of researchers has identified the 20 most Earth-like worlds among the more than 4,000 exoplanet candidates that NASA’s Kepler space telescope has detected to date, scientists report in a new study.

more…

Ha!

I bet all of them are in tight eccentric orbits about variable stars.
So there.


Variety is the spice of life.

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