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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. Re:advancement of human kind by Space+cowboy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hi,
    I am an astrophysicist, and I like physics and astronomy a lot. I also think the extra terrastial research...


    Right. You're an astrophysicist who doesn't know the word extraterrestrial. Of course you are.

    Simon.
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    Physicists get Hadrons!