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- dartmanx, on 10/10/2007, -5/+30Dugg for an interesting article and Phil sticking to science instead of Christian and Neocon bashing.
- BadAstronomer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Oh, I'm sure I could have found some YEC angle. :-)
- Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8@BadAstronomer: Another great article! Thanks!
- Joe_rigby, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You've discovered the beauty of Science.
- KibibyteBrain, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Scientists have for decades been staying away from bashing religious beliefs. Even Richard Dawkins himself advised fellow scientists upset over religious manipulation of science to just accept it and that truth would just naturally win out in the end. But it because clear fast that scientific truth was very much in trouble from a new wave of fundamentalism around the world, and now scientists are not only defending themselves for what its worth now, but are making up for decades of silence that have led to major problems. I mean, geologists working for the park service can't even give a sensible explanation for the geological formations that they study anymore, its getting bad, and science has to respond to survive.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yeah...when Newton figured out the orbits of the planets, it was so useless to him since he didn't have space satellites and unmanned probes. When scientist first discovered the Greenhouse Effect on Venus, who would've guess it would have anything to do with Earth. /sarc
- planetarium, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Dugg for making math pseudo interesting.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3While the sarcasm is kinda lame, the science speaks the truth. A habitable planet is going to require a lot more variables to be just right more so then just orbit.
- dartmanx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7Not all criticism to the religious types and neocons is vindictive... only that on Digg. (Of course, the neocons bring it on themselves).
- sabach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat?"
- Tippis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"They're made of meat!"
- BadAstronomer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4OK, pogfreak, I think I get it now.
- omarciddo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Well of course. Time of orbit and speed/distance of orbit are completely dependent on the force of gravity. Time is a poor indicator of similarity between orbits.
- eatsleeptrumpet, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Actually guys, I've been to this planet - it's really cool and exactly like earth in every way except that there are no ***** in charge, so suck it Trebek!
- dartmanx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'm sure... love your site, just respectfully disagree with some (definitely not all, such as the idiocy of certain NASA appointments) items.
- rarson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It never ceases to amaze me how so many people can completely misunderstand basic, fundamental aspects of science.
- chicken59, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2nice man
better article than the other headline on digg - arunforce, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I still say we Terraform it. >:D
- drethedog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Does it mean that they have X-mas and New Year Eve at the same time????
- BadAstronomer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It occurs to me that I wish this had more Diggs than the article just below it saying the planet is in an earthlike orbit. ;-)
- diggdong, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Imagine the people there enjoy the 500 f temp. It's a nice cool spring day. They can evaporate through walls.
- bdurkin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I Garfunkeled your mother.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Anything around a red giant is not going to be stable for long periods...
- in2deep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Interesting...It will be very interesting to see where this goes!
- AbsurdParadox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Al Gore: "A few more years, and it WILL be earth-like!"
- RawOysters, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Can a planet that big actually be a rocky one? I thought in order to be that big it had to be a gaseous planet.
- crushfan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Damn.. I was very hopeful about it by this morning. :(
- Joe_rigby, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5...But I like bashing theism and neocons, oh wait, did I say AND neocons?
Just theism.
= D - Djharlock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Are you an idiot or are you just mocking yourself? This planet is nowhere near this solar system so the relevance of its existance is no where near substantial as opposed to funding millions into something more proper, IE AIDS funding or cancer funding... you know things that might actually develop use for human kind in this century.
- monkeyboy7706, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Nah no christians there yet so they just skip Xmas and go straight in to new year.
- geneticlemon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0I'm glad someone of note actually popped up and stated the only similarity between that planet and Earth is its orbit. We can't even detect Earth-sized objects next to stars yet -- but maybe in ten years ...
- seandfeeney, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2let see how many people try to claim dupe on this one...
- nuclearmeatloaf, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Buried for being second article today with the same story.
- the6thReplicant, on 10/10/2007, -12/+5drowned for assuming any criticism to the religious-right and neocons is vindictive.
- Djharlock, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Don't forget that even if the planet were more earth-like (fresh, salt water, 0-130 Fahrenheit, land, proper balance of gases etc.) The distance to travel there would take hundreds years in just light speed travel (which is considered by some impossible to obtain). Pretty much people are being funded millions to discover things that wont have any use to us. Gee whiz.
- pogfreak, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1Interesting article, however did you know that the author, Phil Plait, once considered Pluto a planet, but now claims it as a "dwarf planet"? If something like that can change, how can I believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Geeze Phil, make up your mind!
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