Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet

[IDemo]

Models predict planet should be either rocky or covered with oceans

An Earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system is the first found that could support liquid water and harbor life, scientists announced today.

Liquid water is a key ingredient for life as we know it. The newfound planet is located at the "Goldilocks" distance — not too close and not too far from its star to keep water on its surface from freezing or vaporizing away.

And while astronomers are not yet able to look for signs of biology on the planet, the discovery is a milestone in planet detection and the search for extraterrestrial life, one with the potential to profoundly change our outlook on the universe.

”The goal is to find life on a planet like the Earth around a star like the sun. This is a step in that direction,” said study leader Stephane Udry of the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland. “Each time you go one step forward you are very happy.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18293978/

[Rick Myers]

1. Good, were gonna need it!!! n/t

[Madspirit]

2. Cool! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I'm so outta here.

See ya.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. ...

:spray:

Want some company?

[City Lights]

16. I'm right behind ya, baby!

:hi:

[Uben]

4. Don't get your hopes up

.....That's probably the one Cheney came from! God knows there is nothing that vile spawned on this planet!

[FourScore]

15. That's an INSULT

to every lifeform on that distant orb!!!B-)

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. it's dying and overrun by corrupt corporations and leaders too??

:shrug:

[cassiepriam]

6. I'm packing as we speak. I want off this planet in the worst way.

[originalpckelly]

7. You mean we might have company at this party?

I'm sick of these humans anyway. I'm going to hang out with the bleep blops.

[devilgrrl]

8. Cool! Let's move there and fuck that place up like we did here.

:mad:

[BlooInBloo]

9. Heavily polluted, rising greenhouse gas, melting polar caps, war, disease, starvation?

Great - just what the galaxy needs - another earth-like planet.

[Captain Hilts]

10. They landed on it in Star Trek every week. And the women were all scantily clad! nt

[damntexdem]

11. Unfortunately, due to global warming, the earthlike planet ...

isn't this one. ;-)

[KamaAina]

12. Yes! No traffic, no suburbs, and best of all, NO REPUKES!!!!!

Oh, give me a home
Where the aliens roam
And the skies are not cloudy all day!

[progressoid]

13. I'm putting the finishing touches on my Infinite Improbability Drive this weekend

[ozymandius]

17. If there's life on that planet - I'll bet they erect a climb-proof fence.

Soon as they hear that this screwed up mess has eyes on their property.