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NASA has confirmed the existence of a possible Earth-like planet 600 light years away. It is twice the size of the Earth and located in its suns habitable zone.
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![]() This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star Last edited by redpaintednavi; 12-07-2011 at 01:15 PM. |
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yeah, I saw it on the news - nice!
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It should be pointed out that both Mars and Venus are within the Sun's habitable zone. It doesn't automatically mean life, unfortunately.
And 600ly is a bit of a long trek. ![]()
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Fine. Warp 9.9
That's like a day. If the ship can take it, captain. - Mikko
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