Around The Sun In 130 Days?

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If you read my earlier post about Gliese 581G, you probably have figured out that I enjoy staring into the night sky and wondering what’s out there.  Well, I ask and NASA delivers.  They just found a planet, Kepler 186F, that is possibly another Earth, or Earth-like celestial mass.  It’s located in the Kepler 186 solar system, and is located a distance from the system’s sun that puts it in what is called “The Goldilocks Zone.”  I love that.

Which brings me back to something else I mentioned in my earlier post, Drake’s Equation, my single favorite theoretical formula ever thought of by humans.  The possibility of life outside of our primitive field of view is an idea that has always fascinated me.  So whenever we find an Earth-twin, or in this case Earth-cousin, I get all giddy.  How cool would it be to not be the smartest things in the galaxy?

Even if there are no other civilizations out there capable of radioastronomy, if Kepler 186F is habitable, sign me up.  I sure as heck don’t want to die on this rock.  That’s been done.  If space is the final frontier, then call me Davy Crockett.

-Harry