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Don
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4089534.stm

Astronomers have detected the smallest extrasolar planet yet: a world about seven and a half times as massive as Earth, orbiting a star much like ours.
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...."We keep pushing the limits of what we can detect, and we're getting closer and closer to finding Earths," said team member Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz....

Rick
But still no life in a sterile universe, except here.
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QUOTE (Rick @ Jun 17, 05:25 PM)
But still no life in a sterile universe, except here.

we might have to spread it around.
Unknown
Exactly, evolve to the next historical level of social reality, that of a Type 1 civilization.
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17204
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I hope those alien girls aren't too demanding!
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nice visuals....

....especially the binary star sequence!
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