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Habitable Zone update
TB —
11/6/2013 12:52:57 AM
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Not this one. The real one.
Estimated 40 billion Earth-like planets in the galaxy?
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Habitable Zone update
- TB -
11/6/2013 12:52:57 AM
What 3,538 exoplanets look like spinning around their stars
- SteveS -
11/6/2013 3:12:49 PM
Not long ago the prevailing thought was that most systems had super-jupiters that prevented smaller planets from forming.
- alcaray -
11/6/2013 1:35:34 AM
Oh but there is no probability of alien life forms, anywhere in those 40 billion....
- Jody -
11/6/2013 1:18:50 AM
...and risking a MAJOR eye rolling...
- Jody -
11/6/2013 3:44:00 AM
...and risking being a Major Pain in the ass...
- podrock -
11/6/2013 4:34:38 AM
Yes Sir
- Jody -
11/6/2013 3:24:17 PM
George Carlin said somebody was printing up new ones.
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