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Earth to...Earth? Are you there?

Posted by Hemos on from the are-you-there-god?-it's-me,-margaret dept.

jasamaman writes "So far all the planets found outside our solar system have been gas giants. So they are not habitable, and couldn't really hold life as we know it. But "planet hunter" David Charbonneau is looking for another planet just like Earth, and claims that astronomers are "very close"."

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  1. nice life by mshurpik · · Score: 0, Troll

    I like how he has a Van Gogh in the photo. This guy hasn't advanced his art tastes since his teen years.

    Home beer brewing and sea kayaking...ooh. Exciting guy.

    Oh yeah, and he works at Caltech.

    Was there supposed to be something earth-like in this article? I didn't see it.