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Svengoolie · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago

Dudes... we may have found aliens.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:03 am

bagsbee · Unfettered Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 417 Location: NYC

They're calling it an Earth-like planet, but Mars and other non-life-harboring planetoids are also defined as such, so let's not sell all our belongings and book the next intergalactic flight there just yet.

That being said...it certainly is exciting Very Happy

**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:54 am

konamouse

I see the headline and think that maybe some strange DNA-like substance or unknown dead lifeform found......

Then read the article and it's about a planet 20 light years away that "may" have water? Confused

Just another example that HEADLINES are never the whole story. Sigh.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:02 am

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Svengoolie · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago

**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:53 pm

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Umm. Yes.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:04 pm

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SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Hey, scientists have thought for quite a while that [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)]Europa[/url], a moon of Jupiter, has water. And not just ice (which it has), but a full fledged ocean!

And considering that Europa is far closer than 20 light years, i think this might be a better chance for us Smile

**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:13 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:34 pm

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Svengoolie · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago

It's annoying as hell when people don't know when to use the apostrophe and when not to! If you say that this is just the internet, so you don't care, it's simply not applicable. If you're putting the apostrophe in, you're clearly trying to be correct. Somebody needs to teach these people...

**Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:52 am

konamouse

So I am reading this thread and at the same time, on the local news, they are talking about this very story. Trippy.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:11 am

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Apostrophic alien life form's? Cool new's!

**Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:51 am

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Now your just being mean. Razz

**Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:17 am

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**Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:32 am

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