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Three-hundred sextillion stars: Who wants to bet against life on other planets?

News: Exogenous Life    December 1, 2010
Life: In part it’s a numbers game. The possibility of life on other planets (or moons, or other space objects) presumably increases with greater numbers. This is the quantitative argument. So, when Yale University (USA) scientists led by Pieter van Dokkum used updated information on the composition of star-types that make up other galaxies than [...]
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Update: Doubts about Gliese 581g

News: Exogenous Life    October 12, 2010
Just last week buzz about discovery of a planet far far away that might have life reverberated beyond the science community into the world at large. SciTechStory: Another Gliese 581 exoplanet most potentially habitable yet SciTechStory: This is an update: Gliese 581g is a fertile temptress The planet, known by the enchanting name Gliese 581g, [...]
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