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Are We Alone in the Universe?

Posted by michael on from the lonely-out-there dept.

cynic10508 writes "CNN is running a story about how ours might be a unique solar system. Of the 100+ systems currently known to contain planets, all contain seemingly only gas giants. However, this may be a case of current technology and techniques being unable to detect planets similar to Earth." There are also BBC and Space.com stories.

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  1. Re:We/they may be better off alone for now by bg_27 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i agree, how come after all this time we haven't even come close to finding any other intelligable life. Excepts those quacks that think they've been abducted

  2. Are We Alone in the Universe? by pyrrhonist · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Are We Alone in the Universe?

    Nope, just you.

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    Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.