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Life In Outer Space? Japan Astronomers Hunt Aliens

iht.com — apan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space.

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  • thashiz, on 06/21/2008, -13/+45Those people will eat anything.
  • lhbaker, on 06/21/2008, -15/+23I think I'm turning apanese. I think I'm turning apanese. I really think so.
  • 2Deluxe, on 06/21/2008, -2/+7Bahaha. I'm slow, I only just got it.

    Un-duggdown, dugg.
  • teddyrux, on 06/21/2008, -4/+9Digging down a pun related to a misspelling? What has Digg become?
  • inactive, on 06/21/2008, -6/+9Good luck to them but I doubt they are going to have much luck. You can't even see extra-solar planets with an optical telescope and earth has too much radio noise to reliably pick up radio signals from light years away.

    Alien life, at least in our galactic neighborhood, is much more likely to non-intelligent like plants and microbes.
  • fuzzybeard, on 06/21/2008, -2/+5Greenpeace better start developing stardrive technology.
  • norman619, on 06/21/2008, -0/+3Cuz it's fool's gold.
  • mistergoomba, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2will scott bakula lead the charge?
  • j1ggy, on 06/21/2008, -1/+3Honestly, I didn't even notice and had to look back to see what you were talking about.
  • bobakanush, on 06/21/2008, -3/+5Dumbass comments
  • inactive, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1They're only doing that so they can make Hentai more realistic.
  • gbudavid, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Beam Me Up Scottie, There ain't no intelligent life down here
  • inactive, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1*plays the guitar lead* You can hear it in your head, don't you.
  • greenlight2001, on 06/21/2008, -7/+8Awesome comment! That made my night... haha.
  • THES0URCE, on 06/22/2008, -0/+1Have the Japanese learned nothing from the movie Aliens?
  • str1fe, on 06/21/2008, -2/+3I bet magical leopluridons live on mars.
  • arcticblue, on 06/21/2008, -3/+4I think it's funny how everyone pointing out "apan" is getting dugg down. The submitter really should have proof-read. I mean, it's not like he mixed up "their" and "there" or something; the very first letter of the submission is missing!
  • RussellDovey, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Inflatable stardrive technology, yeah.
  • kaph, on 06/21/2008, -1/+2Well there you go.... and here I was thinking that there would be harpoons involved....
  • Mushroomhero, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1It's worth a try at least. Finding unrefutable evidence of other life in space could really change the way people think, and all for the better. I mean that would be a giant step out of a box of restricted thought. Maybe it would even phase out religion?
  • RyanBlack, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Crysis sucked. Farcry with a nano suit.
  • s0ldad0, on 06/21/2008, -0/+0Best comment in the history of Digg!
  • Napiertt, on 06/21/2008, -0/+0Yeah, that was my thinking when I read it too.
  • s0ldad0, on 06/21/2008, -0/+0Trippy
  • Torx, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Lets face it, if its anyone on this planet that will find aliens.. it'll be the Japanese.
  • nedy78, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Or maybe we're just mass, that can be not be created nor destroyed so we continue to be recycled in the body, soil, and thoughts for eternity. So our bio-waste and our thoughts never die and perpetuate and multiply forever.
  • baylat, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1shunnnn.....
  • Dumbledorito, on 06/21/2008, -4/+4Why can't they save some cash and just genetically engineer their own tentacle monsters? Think galactically, rape locally.
  • nedy78, on 06/21/2008, -1/+1Maybe we are the intelligent life form. Maybe through the millions of years and the cycles and destruction of life, it eventually gets to what many have searched for, the alien life form. Our ancestors millions of years from now might be the alien life form that the others seek to find. Obviously I have no scientific bases for my thoughts, just thoughts.
  • baylat, on 06/21/2008, -3/+2Damnit it took me a while.. LOL
    Banning Alien meat will be the next step.
  • RyanBlack, on 06/21/2008, -2/+1Speak for yourself.
  • Digitel, on 06/21/2008, -5/+4Maybe if we find some intelligent life lets hope its highly advanced so we can finally get some technology that can run Crysis and max settings.
  • PeteBeast, on 06/21/2008, -6/+4Interesting how many space and alien related stories have popped up since the Alien in the Window and the Mars Phoenix landing happened. I wish them luck in their "hunt", and like that unicorn would say "shun the none believers!".
  • mrzisme, on 06/21/2008, -2/+0It's easy to say plants aren't intelligent because you'll never speak in their language to confirm it. They been around longer than we have so I'd say it's possible they're more intelligent lifeforms than you think.
  • RyanBlack, on 06/21/2008, -4/+1Can someone please esplain?
  • 2Deluxe, on 06/21/2008, -10/+5Hunting extra-terrestrial life. How original.

    Leave it to Hollywood, let them come to us.
  • nate007, on 06/21/2008, -6/+1why are people burying gold!!!?
  • WhoBob, on 06/21/2008, -5/+0APAN............APAN............GODDAMMIT!!!!!!
    Talk to me Hudson
    There's something moving in here and it ain't us
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  • jmp478, on 06/21/2008, -8/+1Alien Hunting, Alien Hunting!
  • chrgrose, on 06/21/2008, -10/+3I want to go to Apan and help.
  • Revolutionista, on 06/21/2008, -9/+2Is Jodie Foster helping?
  • willster580, on 06/21/2008, -10/+2USA: They have WMDs.
  • DAC1138, on 06/21/2008, -10/+1We can't even master english and grammar and now we're looking for aliens in Japan...nice.
  • sockpuppets, on 06/21/2008, -14/+5Is there a "J" Pat?
  • masterm1nd, on 06/21/2008, -10/+1Looks like this ones going to be a graveyard, I hope.
  • Dylson, on 06/21/2008, -14/+4Ask the idiots from denver if there is life in outerspace.
  • pepotero13, on 06/21/2008, -10/+0I hate you
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