"If there was no water on Earth, what would the Earth atmosphere energy balance be like, and what effect would it have on animal life on Earth?"
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Starlight, Star Bright
March 9, 2009 / Written by: Henry Bortman
NASA’s Kepler telescope was successfully launched on March 6, and is now preparing to search for Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. Kepler is the first step in identifying potentially habitable planets beyond our solar system – but future missions may be able to determine if distant planets are actually living. Sara Seager of MIT discusses one potential set of missions that could identity Earth’s planetary twins.
Source: [Astrobiology Magazine]
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