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First Earth-Sized Exoplanet May Have Been Found
Adam Korbitz writes "New Scientist is reporting the extrasolar planet MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb — whose discovery was announced just last summer — may actually be the first truly Earth-sized exoplanet to be identified. A new analysis suggests the planet weighs less than half the original estimate of 3.3 Earth masses; the new estimate pegs the planet's size at 1.4 Earth masses. The planet orbits a small red dwarf star, some 3,000 light-years from here, at an orbital distance of 0.62 astronomical units, about the same distance as Venus from our sun. One significance of the planet's discovery is that it points to the probable ubiquity of smaller terrestrial planets in somewhat Earth-like orbits around red dwarf stars, the oldest and most numerous stars in the galaxy. Here is a video report from the discoverers."
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Why is ronpaul a tag? Is he an exoplanet? I never knew that!
read some interesting stuff at mightyinteresting.com
MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb
But it's friends just call it "Dennis".
Sorry, didn't see you already caught this. Where's that delete comment button...
....In the next 3000 years we are sure to develop much faster methods of travel,....
Conquering death and the limits of space-time would eliminate the necessity of this. This is essentially what Jesus Christ promised to those who believe him as to who he is, God come to earth. He often talked about something he called "the kingdom of heaven", a place that transcends space time where death no longer applies. He tells us that there are many habitable places in God's entire creation, of which this time-space universe is only a part.
Because we are now still confined to mortal, finite flesh and blood containers, our bodies, the size of the universe or even only 3000 ly appears to be an insurmountable obstacle.
We know what the speed of light is, but what is the speed of thought, mind or imagination? How fast can the human mind, soul or consciousness travel? Most people today believe that we are confined to the natural material dimensions that our five senses transmit information about to our minds. Anything beyond that is labeled "supernatural" and is automatically relegated into the realm of fable and fiction, having no objective reality.
It seems quite clear to me that Jesus Christ, in his resurrected state inhabited a physical body that had access to higher dimensions where additional laws and principles operate. He appeared to be able to transition from that higher dimensionality into our own and back again as effortlessly as we might move from the dining room to the kitchen. When he was in our own dimension, he could be perceived by our senses. Witnesses tell us in writing, that they saw them him with their eyes, heard him with their ears, spoke with him, touched him and ate breakfast that he prepared for them.
He promises that same eternal transcendent multidimensional nature, a physical body not limited only to the present dimensions of our space-time, to all those mortal human beings who truly believe him and are willing to freely trust and love him with their entire being. Those WILLING, not necessarily able. to forsake their selfishness and sin, are promised access as far as the outer limits of this present space-time dimension and on into the very presence of the Creator God himself.
All theory is gray