April 24th, 2007That’s It! I’m Packing up and Moving
This artist’s illustration shows a newly discovered planet otuside our solar system that’s so similar to Earth it might sustain life, astronomers say. The planet’s temperature is between 32 and 104 degrees fahrenheit. While it is 14 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun, the star, Gliese 581, is smaller and dimmer.
A new Earth Like Planet has been discovered orbiting the star Gliese 581.
The new planet, which is the smallest planet beyond our solar system found to date, circles its star 14 times closer than Earth orbits the sun. But because Gliese 581 is smaller and colder than our sun, the system’s so-called habitability zone, where liquid water and thus life is possible, is closer to the mother star than in our solar system.
Wish me a safe trip, I’ll see you suckers later!


April 24th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Oh! I was just reading about that on CNN. Isn’t that cool?
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April 26th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Hey! I happen to be a sucker who loves astronomy too!
Tragic events in 1997 relating to UFO’s trailing comets aside, how are you getting to this beautiful earthlike planet? I think the shuttle’s booked for quite a while, and it’s too danged slow anyway. You might check with the Planetary Society to see if they have any solar sail craft headed in that direction…
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April 27th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Um… Er… Well…
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