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Kashonly
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| Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:45 am)
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"The information we presented today will excite the general public because we now know that the nearest potentially Earth-like world is likely within 13 light years of the sun," astronomer Courtney Dressing said in an email to The Huffington Post.
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The scientific team studied the huge number of red dwarf stars in our galaxy -- stars that are smaller and have a longer life span than our own sun.
Just doing the math, the odds of Earth-like planets in our galaxy are, well, astronomical.
Scientists estimate 6 percent of the 75 billion red dwarf stars may have Earth-size planets orbiting them at a possible habitable distance. That works out to approximately 4.5 billion Earths out there.
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Swagger Jacker 
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:50 am to Kashonly)
False. We are the only planet earth.
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CocomoLSU 
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 am to Kashonly)
Space shite is awesome.
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1911 
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 am to Kashonly)
So they didn't actually find any planets and they're just estimating? Whatever space is still cool.
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OMLandshark 
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 am to Swagger Jacker)
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False. We are the only planet earth.
Why is that?
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Captain Ron 
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:52 am to Kashonly)
Nice. We be not alone.
Odds on this being a topic of interest? 3:1
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rintintin
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:57 am to Kashonly)
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75 billion red dwarf stars may have Earth-size planets orbiting them
This is why I can't fathom people not believing there is other life out there. That's just in our galaxy. It's hard to even comprehend how large the universe is.
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buffbraz
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:03 am to Kashonly)
This is truly mind boggling, however not surprising. Every time new technology comes out, more Earth like planets are estimated. We are almost certainly not alone, as far as life goes. Now intelligent species running into each other may be nearly impossible.
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dkreller
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:04 am to OMLandshark)
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Why is that?
Well I guess it's possible that the possible habitants of the possible "Earth-like" planets out there possibly named their planet Earth in their possible alien language.
anything's possible.
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TheCaterpillar
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:06 am to Kashonly)
zoom in. you're welcome.
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Tmacelroy12
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:06 am to buffbraz)
Now to really blow your minds, if those 4.5 billion earth-like planets are of relative size and population. There is a possibility of 36,000,000,000 people potentially.
What are the possibilities that there are parallel universes? Seems pretty likely to me
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Adam4LSU
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:07 am to TheCaterpillar)
Is god the god of all the other earth planets as well? 
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RidiculousHype
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:07 am to dkreller)
How long before we get Google Earth quality imagery of said Earths?
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Kashonly
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 am to dkreller)
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Earth in their possible alien language.
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ENGLISH:HOME
Albanian: shtëpi
Belarusian: ??? (dom)
Bulgarian: ??? (dom)
Czech: domov
Dutch: thius
Estonian: kodu
Filipino: bagay
Finnish: koti
French: maison
German: heim
Greek: sp?t? (spíti)
Hungarian: otthi
Icelandic: heim
Irish: baile
Italian: casa
Latin: domus
Latvian: majas
Lithuanian: namai
Macedonian: ??? (dom)
Malay/Indonesian: rumah
Maltese: dar
Polish: dom
Portuguese: início
Romanian: acasa
Russian: ??? (dom)
Serbo-Croatian: ??? (dom)
Slovak: domov
Slovene: dom
Spanish: casa
Swahili: kaya
Swedish: kem
Turkish: ev
Vietnamese: gia dình
Welsh: cartref
Farsi: khooneh
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dkreller
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 am to RidiculousHype)
as soon as Skynet officially goes online
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TK421
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 am to Kashonly)
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Scientists estimate 6 percent of the 75 billion red dwarf stars may have Earth-size planets orbiting them at a possible habitable distance. That works out to approximately 4.5 billion Earths out there.
seems legit
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buffbraz
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:09 am to Adam4LSU)
I'm sure sure every civilization has there own god just like they do on Earth. Until they evolve past it of course.
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Master of Sinanju
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:10 am to Kashonly)
Lol - mainstream scientists look for alien life in the far reaches of space, when in reality, they've been here the whole time.
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DanTiger
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:14 am to TK421)
I wouldn't exactly call those planets near in relation to our current capabilities. I certainly believe there is life on other planets but I don't know that we will ever see it unless wormholes do exist and we discover how to utilize them. We will never travel at or near the speed of light and there is no such thing as warp drive. The best bet for life from Earth to continue is to send microscopic organisms out into space in every direction and hope that they land on habitable planets. This is the most believeable theory to me regarding how life started on our planet.
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Adam4LSU
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| re: Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth (Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:14 am to buffbraz)
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Until they evolve past it of course.
BLASPHEMY!!
I would pay whatever amount to sit front row after we find some planet with life and hear the excuses
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