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Planetary System Similar to Sol

Posted by michael on from the new-places-to-go-to-war-against dept.

sgtwilko writes "The BBC News site has an article about how astronomers have found several new planets including some that have a similar distribution to our own Solar System. They are finding planetary systems that are more and more like the one in which the Earth resides. It's only a matter of time until the Terrestrial Planet Finder program gets going and finds another Earth." There's another story on space.com. Update: 06/13 21:51 GMT by M : Space News and Wired have stories as well, with spiffy graphics and artists' renderings and so on.

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  1. Re:What do Christians think about this? by GungaDan · · Score: 1, Troll
    "What do Christians think about stories like this?"

    "Wonder if they have altar boys, too?"

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  2. Re:why so keen on earth-sized? by treat · · Score: 1, Troll
    The reason that we are arrogant is that we were created in the image of our creator, and we thus have the very notion that all life must resemble the life we see on earth ingrained in our very being.

    Huh? This doesn't make any sense. Is it supposed to refer to a creation myth?

  3. Re:why so keen on earth-sized? by sean23007 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I believe it is supposed to refer to some creation myth, presumably Chritianity's. Ridiculous, I know, and it really has no place here.

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