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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

So when's NASA building the moving van?

Looks like we may have found another place to crash for a while.

For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe."

The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a "red dwarf," is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.


Dimmer than the sun? Global cooling! Sweet!

The way I see it, we've got about 30 years or so before we have to check out of the Hotel Earth (and not pick up our security deposit because we trashed the place). So get movin' on that U-Haul shuttle, NASA! And don't forget to build in a Mom's Attic, that comes in handy!

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