'Hundreds of worlds' in Milky Way


	'Hundreds of worlds' in Milky Way

invictus

2-17-2008 8:52 PM

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2-18-2008 7:52 AM

lifecyce1898

this is a peopling universe-Alan Watts

2-18-2008 1:11 PM

syncopath

one uni-verse many worlds ...... ))

2-18-2008 2:03 PM

Marcariel

"A sad spectacle. If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery and folly. If they be not inhabited, what a waste of space." Carl Sagan

2-21-2008 2:04 PM

smokefoot

Hundreds of worlds? If 1/2 of the sun-like stars have rocky planets then we are talking about millions or billions of worlds!

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				<DIV class="cap">Scientists say there may be many more worlds in our solar system</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common than previously thought in our galaxy, a study has found.</B>
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<FONT size="2">New findings about planets were presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston.
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