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Yeah, good questions. The thing that indicates to me is that, if we can find this one (and we exist)...there are probably lots of planets like this. Probably billions.

And if there are billions of them, then what are the odds that some of them would have plate tectonics, a deep carbon cycle and hydrogen?

Seem pretty high to me.



It's amazing that Kepler continues to discover new planets and (I hope) it will get to the point where we just expect it to be the norm. Oh, another planet in the Goldilocks zone? It's just a shame it'll be a long time before we can actually step foot on any of those planets.




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