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Scientists find a planet within the habitable zone of Tau Ceti, closest earth-like candidate to date.


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#21 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 04:51 PM

Not the problem of our galaxy eventually colliding with theirs. That's a pretty big problem still.
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Posted 05 February 2013 - 05:04 PM

Not for us (our generation). Maybe for the next generation (no pun intended).

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Posted 09 February 2013 - 07:20 AM



Figured this might be relevant. I would love to visit other planets and meet with other intelligent life, or even just confirm that we aren't alone in the universe, but bleh. It doesn't seem like it will be in my lifetime, unless someone happens upon us first.

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Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:29 PM

We may find a planet with life on it in our lifetime, but we'll never reach it.

Unless it turns out Mars really is inhabited.

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Posted 09 February 2013 - 08:14 PM

I have to disagree, statistics can only go so far, our dedication to education has vastly increased and continues to do so. We now have average people with understandings of physics and other scientific disciplines with very little formal education in the field. something that was quite, quite rare. So his statistic about our growth in scientific knowledge may represent the level currently but it's constantly expanding. Not directly related but look at all the data we create and consume http://mashable.com/...d-every-minute/

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Posted 13 February 2013 - 04:08 PM

Some fun informational stuff on this same topic, basically:

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