... outside our solar system.
Kepler has discoverd theree planets around the star KOI-961, and they are a mere 0.78, 0.73 and 0.57 times the radius of Earth, rocky like the earth, but alas, they are too close to the star so there can't be any liquid water on them. But still, there are hardly any rocky exoplanets known, and the small ones are hard to find.
And the possibility of life being on them is, well, just have a look:
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Dave and Jim Munger are doing their annual male-bonding fest this weekend:
Over the course of the next four days, Jim and I are going to watch, and review, every Rocky and Rambo movie.
[...]Here's our tentative viewing schedule:
Found this on ECOLOG this morning:
Dear Colleagues:
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
-Woody Hayes
There's no doubt that we lucked out when it came to the formation of our Solar System.
Last Monday marked 17 years since Eric Young led off the first Colorado Rockies baseball game with a home run that triggered a collective, mile-high orgasm for the 80,227 spectators gathered in the old Denver football stadium.