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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 04:49 PM
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"Super Earth" found circling nearby star
By Robert Roy Britt

In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers have found one of the smallest known outside of our solar system, a world about 14 times the mass of our own orbiting around a star much like the sun.
http://www.msnbc.com/id/5819006/?GTI=4529


I wonder how all the snakehandling "Christian" fundamentalist are going to handle this:D
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 04:54 PM
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1. Glad to hear it, tiring of current Earth.
Maybe Bush will propose a mission.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 04:57 PM
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2. The fundies are waiting until we find a flat one that is orbited by a sun.
Then they'll want to move.
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prodigal_green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 05:00 PM
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3. Love it!
They're doing their best to flatten this one.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 05:11 PM
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4. i couldn't find the article
:cry:
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 05:15 PM
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5. Duplicate
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x778464
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