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Recently Discovered Habitable World May Not Exist

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-not-so-hot dept.

sciencehabit better let Greg Dean know that "Two weeks ago, U.S.-based astronomers announced the discovery of the first Goldilocks planet circling another star: just the right size and just the right temperature to harbor alien life. But yesterday at an exoplanet meeting in Turin, Italy, Switzerland-based astronomers announced that they could find no trace of the prized planet in their observations of the same planetary system."

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  1. that was close... by gumbi+west · · Score: 5, Funny

    Glad this story came up before we launched a probe for a 400,000 year flight. Wow would that have been a letdown.

  2. Negligent fools by MarkRose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their planet was cleared to make way for an interstellar highway. They should have visited the local planning office!

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  3. Re:What would Carl Sagan say...? by KevinKnSC · · Score: 5, Funny

    That doesn't really sound like Carl Sagan at all.

  4. Re:Recently undiscovered? by Kilrah_il · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a little more hype it would have been vaporplanet.

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