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Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star by npongratz on Thursday August 25, 2016 @10:35AM (#12359300)
I believe GP was referring to the heat death of the universe [0], which might be paraphrased as the death of heat in the universe, rather than lifeforms on one planet dying when the environment becomes too hot for said lifeforms to survive.

[0] http://www.physlink.com/education/AskExperts/ae181.cfm

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Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star by yourapostasy on Thursday August 25, 2016 @05:38PM (#12362707)
I should have been clearer; I trying to note the irony of saying "heat death of everything" could be a much shorter timeframe than we usually mean when we say that phrase, if Hansen's forecasts turn out correct.
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