Privileged Planet: Keppler searches for other Earths (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Sunday, February 06, 2011, 01:34 (4827 days ago) @ David Turell

Is there just one Earth in the universe? Or are there many? Why hasn&apos;t SETI worked? It takes many special parts to make an Earth: for example a solar system with iron and nickel; large planets like Jupiter and Saturn; A correct-sized moon to stabilize the planet. The list is actually enormous. But there are many stars with solar systems. At an average 100 billion stars in 100 billion galaxies, surely more than one planet got it right. Well, maybe. Current discoveries in our galaxy:&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110202/pdf/470024a.pdf-You&apos;re right. The observable universe is 15,000,000,000 years old, and we&apos;ve only been looking for 2. Time to call the search off, we&apos;re absolutely unique!-http://kepler.nasa.gov/ <--daily updates.

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