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Fifteen New Planets Discovered in Habitable Zones

Posted January 07, 2013 10:54 AM

From The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel: Sci, Space, Tech:

Fifteen new planets have been discovered orbiting in the habitable zones of other stars by volunteers from the Oxford University-led Zooniverse project, adding to the 19 similar planets already discovered in habitable zones, where the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water. The new finds suggest that there may be a 'traffic jam' of all kinds of strange worlds in regions that could potentially support life.

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01/07/2013 11:00 AM

Well, as soon as there's a 'bus going that way...

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01/07/2013 11:35 AM

Are you looking for volunteers to go or people to nominate to send there?

The difference between the two choices could lead to very drastic differences in the end results.
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01/07/2013 12:02 PM

Are you looking for boarding passes for the B Ark?

Have you tried eBay?
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01/07/2013 2:46 PM

Well I am not volunteering to go if the rest of the crew is made up of societal cast outs that got nominated/elected to be sent away.

That would be too much like going to work now!

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01/07/2013 4:00 PM

:)
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01/10/2013 5:27 AM

That would be telling...

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01/07/2013 8:47 PM

Maybe i should go into real estate, buy your own spot of Alien Land!

(traveling distance may vary)

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01/08/2013 10:39 AM

where are the artist's representations of the life forms that most assuredly MUST live there?

Let us raise taxes on all inhabitants of earth, to fund the sending of probes, which will slingshot 'round the planets and return home to earth (3 or 4 billion years from now) with hi-rez photos of the types of homes they inhabit.
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