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 Stories About: endangered species AND habitat loss AND TV
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Grist in space
Do humans deserve to find life on other planets? |
Glenn Hurowitz |
24 Mar 2008 |
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| An explosion in our ability to detect planets in other solar systems has made astronomers increasingly confident that it's only a matter of time until we discover life on other planets. Astronomers just discovered methane on a planet 63 light-years from Earth -- a sign that life just might exist. Here's what Carl B. Pilcher, director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, said following the discovery in this fascinating Washington Post article by Marc Kaufman. There ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, habitat loss, TV (all these topics) |
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