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Extrasolar Planet Could Harbor Life

Posted by Zonk on from the hello-up-there dept.

BlueMorpho writes with a link to a Space.com article about a recently discovered extrasolar planet that may be able to harbor 'life as we know it.' Orbiting around the star Gliese 581 is a small rocky ball that might have the same liquid ocean and drifting continent configuration we're familiar with. The find may be unique in all of space exploration as this planet appears to be within a habitable band of temperatures for life, and is categorically not a gas giant. "The bottom line is exciting ...The conditions for life could be there, but is life itself? As yet, there's no way to know unless the planet has spawned beings that are at least as clever as we are. As part of the SETI Institute's Project Phoenix, we twice aimed large antennas in the direction of Gliese 581, hoping to pick up a signal that would bespeak technology ... Neither search turned up a signal."

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  1. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post1!

  2. It would be great if we found extraterestrial life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I would love to fuck ET in the ass.

    Sweet ET anal rapage

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  3. Re:Space/Genetic Exploration by spentmiles · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's HABITABLE, you drooling, non-proofing, lump of coal! -- Sincerely, Linguo

  4. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    bought 7he farm... Moans and g$roans