Astronomers have carried out an autopsy on a distant, broken-apart planet which appears to have once had the right conditions for life.
In a planetary system some 150 light years away, planets like Earth may have orbited a star known as GD 61, British astronomers reported in the journal Science.
Which begs the question: "What did the people who lived there do?"
Dead Earth-Like Planet Found
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Easily answered. They died.Mikes wrote:Astronomers have carried out an autopsy on a distant, broken-apart planet which appears to have once had the right conditions for life.
In a planetary system some 150 light years away, planets like Earth may have orbited a star known as GD 61, British astronomers reported in the journal Science.
Which begs the question: "What did the people who lived there do?"
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Easy on ROU; his cat went the way of GD 61's planet last week, and our friend is experiencing the deep void of space.
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strawman wrote:Easy on ROU; his cat went the way of GD 61's planet last week, and our friend is experiencing the deep void of space.
Chip up, buddy.

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