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NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered an extraordinary planetary system with six rocky worlds capable of supporting life about 2000 light years from Earth.<\/p>\n

I am sure that there will be a lot of news about it, but here’s NASA’s news page<\/A>.<\/p>\n

This discovery raises these questions, which are partially addressed in my “Cool Science” book, Astrobiology<\/em><\/A>:<\/p>\n

(1) If a planet is capable of supporting life, does that mean it has life?<\/p>\n

(2) Are any of these planets capable of supporting advanced multi-cellular life–and how will we detect it?<\/p>\n

(3) Are any of these planets capable of supporting intelligent life–and how will we detect it?<\/p>\n

Too bad it’s too far away to study more directly, but Kepler is far from finished observing that remarkable extrasolar system.<\/p>\n

While you await more news, you might want to read my review of The Crowded Universe<\/em> by Alan Boss<\/A>.<\/p>\n

Fred Bortz<\/A><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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