did anyone watch that new TED talk about all the earth sized planets were found by Kepler? In the middle of that video i was shaking and had goosebumps.

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Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:54:05 2010 No.1494835 [Reply] [Original]

did anyone watch that new TED talk about all the earth sized planets were found by Kepler?

In the middle of that video i was shaking and had goosebumps.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:56:05 2010 No.1494846 Haven't watched it, but I wish the rest of society shared your reaction to science, even when its not SCIENCE!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:57:05 2010 No.1494850 yep http://www.ted.com/talks/dimitar_sasselov_how_we_found_hundreds_of_earth_like_planets.html

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:58:05 2010 No.1494851 I've been hearing that "earth like", "exo earth" bullshite since the 80s.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:58:05 2010 No.1494859 >>1494846 means a lot to me, thanks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:59:05 2010 No.1494863 >>1494835 >>1494850 About to watch it now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 26 22:59:05 2010 No.1494865 >>1494851 there has been up until a few months ago, no proof of earth sized planets. only gas giants.

Anonymous Mon Jul 26 23:04:05 2010 No.1494899

>>1494846
how is it not science we need exoplanets to get a better understanding of planet formation with out the search for exoplaents we wouldn't know about all the planet which rotate in the opposite direction to their star which throws a spanner in the works of current formation models

explain how this is not SCIENCE!

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