Thursday, February 14, 2008

Solar System analogous to our own

Saw this in the NY Times online today - scientists say they've found a solar system 5,000 light years away from ours that looks like "a scale model of our own." It has giant outer planets and room closer to the star for terrestrial planets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/science/space/14cnd-planet.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

That would be an excellent place to look for life, one would think...

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