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Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years

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Internetado wrote:
> 
> NASA's newest planet-hunting telescope is hard at work gathering its
> first data — but just how many planets might it hunt down?
> 
> According to new estimates put together by scientists on the team
> behind the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, the
> instrument should identify about 10,000 planets in its two-year
> mission; 3,500 of them should be smaller than Neptune, the mission's
> focus. And if the telescope can stay at work longer than its current
> plan, those numbers will only go up.[...]
> 
> https://www.space.com/41414-how-many-exoplanets-will-tess-discover.html
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"Alien Worlds"???? What happen, did the word "Exoplanet" sounds to hard to understand?


Why not call it "E.T. Worlds"? 


or "little green men worlds"


Alien sounds....too alien.


What happens when an alien from a  alien world arrives on earth, is he an illegal alien?




Stupid NASA spends all day trying to come up with new names for rocks.

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Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-09-10 23:21 -0700
  Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-10 23:28 -0700
    Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two  Years The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-09-10 23:35 -0700
      Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-11 00:01 -0700
        Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two  Years The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-09-11 10:11 -0700
          Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-11 13:21 -0700
            Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two  Years The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-09-11 13:54 -0700
              Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-11 14:04 -0700
        Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-09-11 15:37 -0500
          Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 18:06 -0400
            Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-09-11 19:42 -0500
              Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2018-09-12 10:04 -0500
                Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two  Years The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-09-12 10:44 -0700
  Re: New NASA Planet Hunter May Find 10,000 Alien Worlds in Just Two Years "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-09-12 20:40 -0700
  Which Way Is Left? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-09-13 23:38 -0700
    Re: Which Way Is Left? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-09-14 14:54 -0700
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