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Planet GJ1214b remembered

Commentable: March 8, 2012
Back in December of 2009 I noted the discovery of a particular exoplanet that might have water, which would make it a candidate for an ‘Earth-like’ planet and therefore a candidate for having life. [SciTechStory: Another Earth: Will we even remember the planet GJ1214b?] I wondered if it’s completely forgettable name would have any meaning [...]
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A spate of exoplanets

News: Exogenous Life    August 27, 2010
The search for planets outside the solar system that could (repeat, could) harbor life goes on at a faster pace. The big gun is the Kepler Space Telescope, which in part was designed to look for terrestrial-like planets, and is now coming into the full stream of operation. Kepler scientists reported on Thursday (August 26, [...]
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