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Signs Of Water Found On Distant Planets

Posted by Hemos on from the putting-it-together dept.

nphillips writes "According to this article at CNN, an Italian team has found evidence of water on three planetary systems. The team used a 32-meter radio telescope to search for water maser emissions, telltale microwaves which could indicate water in a planet's atmosphere when it is bathed in the infrared light of its star."

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  1. Re:Ice == Water, right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is two posts you slow slashbots!

  2. This can only lead to one thing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pasta in Spaaaaaaaace!

  3. RIAA's Take on It by dscottj · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    From: Hilary Rosen
    To: Mitch Glazier
    Subject: FWD: Yet another threat to our hegemony!


    We must mobilize the troops on this one Mitch!
    -H
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    From: RIAA Labs
    To: Hilary Rosen
    Subject: Yet another threat to our hegemony!

    • All people are felony IP pirates just waiting for a chance to steal the sweat from our musician's brow
    • Without water, people would not exist
    • Therfore, water is a copyright circumvention device

    Based on these obvious conclusions, recommend petitioning Congress to ensure no other remote forms of water are used to exploit this obvious loophole in our copyright laws before an alien life form starts downloading MP3s and bankrupts the world!
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  4. First "Gnomes" Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Find water on distant planet
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

  5. Yeah... by The+Fanta+Menace · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...more planets for the RIAA to spread their tentacles to, when they're finished with us.

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  6. New places to pollute by kmahan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great! Now Bush has a reason to push the space program. New places to go and destroy the environment.

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  7. Re:Great now what? by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    When are we gonna drive our suburbans there? We need to be expending more energy on propulsion solutions and less on looking for places we can't get to

    Actually, we need to be expending our energy on expending less energy on things like driving "our suburbans" or the only places that we will eventually be able to go to are those to which we can walk. Maybe that's what you were "driving at", but I'm not sure.

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