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[–] Drenki ago 

A second Earth? No, no. It's his brother avenging the death of his twin. It's his twin brother!

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[–] vicarious ago 

We're so excited about a potential new Earth, yet we don't give a shit about preserving the one we have.

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[–] Fuzzyoctopus ago  (edited ago)

ohmygodohmygod I'm so excited, even if it's nothing, or light years away or something, this stuff is fascinating

Edit: actually they'll just say "ayy lmao Pluto is a planet again"

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[–] WellThatsWeird ago 

$3.50 says we fuck it up like this one.

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[–] IWasNumber1 ago 

Alright people, according to Mass Effect, the first alien race we'll meet are the Turians. Get your lube ready, there's going to be a shit ton of chafing.

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[–] 1287995? ago 

didn't we just probe Charon too?

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[–] IWasNumber1 ago 

Ya, I think a probe took a flyby picture of it.

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[–] CowboyRob 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I love announcement announcements. Wait, wrong word. Hate. I hate announcement announcements.

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[–] 1274377? ago 

a planet needs a magnetosphere to keep it's atmosphere from blowing away gas giants to suck up asteroids a large evolution driving moon the right tilt, spin essentially another sol in order to have another 'earth'

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[–] ThizzBoss 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Lol

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[–] Sylos 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

It's probably something more akin to ' the probability that there are other earth like planets out there is much higher than we thought. ' and don't forget that 'earth like' in NASA terms is mars-level of habitation.

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[–] UlteriorMotives 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I don't recall Mars being referred to as Earth-like. Is this true?

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[–] jurimasa 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] Sylos 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Earth like is a pretty broad term, actually, but that's not the point. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_analog#Mars, Mars falls under that definition of earth like. So...while it's not a lush, green, water filled world, it falls under the umbrella 'earth like' because it does have a lot of features similar to earth's.

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[–] IAmTheZeke 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

This is the likely answer and the one I don't want.

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