Uh-oh...MDixon gonna get you! ;-) --- "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You bet, Peter. > > Republicans probably have 1st dibs on this and > similar planets, > their "Haven/Heaven" on a "New Earth" where their > predation can > continue to run amock as if it's god's will, after > they've lifted themselves > from Earth in a pseudo-rapture after pillaging the > planet and leaving > humans behind to wallow in the consequences of their > toxic waste, > they having been more chosen than real humans, but > only by god, > of course. > > *Of all that anyone leading or teaching has to > convey, * > *the most valuable thing to cultivate and convey to > others is * > *a moral conscience. Only such persons deserve to > lead others, * > *in any capacity. Anything less is a menace to > society.* > > > On 11/6/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeehaa! Let's go there and f*ck it up! > > > > --- "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- > Really! > > -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ** > > > *Newfound Planet Could Support Life As We Know > It* > > > > > > > > > NASA / JPL-Caltech > > > This artist's conception shows four of the > five > > > planets that orbit 55 > > > Cancri, a star > > > much like our own. The most recently discovered > > > planet looms large in the > > > foreground. The colors of the planets were > chosen to > > > resemble those of our > > > own > > > solar system. Astronomers do not know what the > > > planets actually look like. > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Planet-hunters say they have detected a giant > world > > > that > > > is nestled among four others in a planetary > system > > > 41 > > > light-years from Earth. This newfound world is > in > > > the > > > "Goldilocks zone" - a place that's not too hot, > not > > > too > > > cold, but just right for the existence of liquid > > > water > > > and conceivably life. > > > > > > The fresh discovery, announced today during a > NASA > > > teleconference, focuses on a star and planetary > > > system > > > called 55 Cancri, in the constellation Cancer. > The > > > system is already well-known to astronomers who > > > search > > > for the telltale signs of planets beyond our own > > > solar > > > system - but the newly detected planet has taken > the > > > search to a new level. > > > > > > "We're announcing the discovery of the first > > > quintuple-planet system," Debra Fischer, an > > > astronomer > > > at San Francisco State University and lead > author of > > > a > > > paper due to appear in the Astrophysical > Journal, > > > told > > > reporters. > > > > > > Geoff Marcy, a pioneer planet-hunter from the > > > University of California at Berkeley who > contributed > > > to > > > the paper, said the planetary system is a > > > "souped-up" > > > version of our own. Like our own solar system, > these > > > planets make nearly circular orbits around the > > > parent > > > star - but they're super-sized. > > > The innermost planet is about the size of > Neptune > > > and > > > whips around the parent star in less than three > > > days, > > > at a distance of about 3.5 million miles. The > > > farthest-out planet is four times as massive as > > > Jupiter > > > and takes 14 Earth years to orbit, at a distance > of > > > about 539 million miles - or just a little > farther > > > out > > > than our solar system's Jupiter. > > > > > > > > > NASA / JPL-Caltech > > > This diagram shows the 55 Cancri system at top > and > > > our own solar system > > > at bottom. In each view, the "habitable zone" is > > > marked as a green band. > > > ------------------------------ > > > MORE HERE: > > > > > > http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/06/451256.aspx > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
