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Re:Newly Discovered Planet: Hot, Muggy And (May Be) Livable by guelo on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @04:05AM (#2990455)
That would be life as we know it on earth, there could be life that uses different chemistry. But really the life questions seem unanswerable since all we can detect is the wobble of these distant stars.
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Re:Newly Discovered Planet: Hot, Muggy And (May Be) Livable by hugh3 on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @10:36AM (#2991622)
For transiting exoplanets at least, we should be able to measure spectra pretty soon. That'll mean getting some kind of chemical information, hopefully.
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