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Habitable Planets May Be Common

Posted by Hemos on from the maybe-counter-earth-exists dept.

swight1701 writes "New Scientist tells us, "one in four of the planetary systems identified to date outside the Solar System are capable of harbouring other Earths, say astrophysicists, a much higher proportion than anyone expected." Two seperate groups have come up with results that line up with each other, the latest one using simulations of 85 systems. Warm up the warp engines, time to go planet hopping!"

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  1. In other news.... by karlm · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Raelians have announced their first colonizing ship full of expectant clone mothers is due to arrive in the nearest system in question sometime next month.

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  2. Re:They say habitable... by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    They say their are habitable for life...why do we always assume every life form will be exactly like us and need our environment to thirve?

    Nobody's saying they are exactly like us. In fact, on average they have larger breasts, greener skin, heavier mascera, and wear shorter miniskirts.