Thursday, October 18, 2007

Can Earth survive Sun's explosion?

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In just two months, two planets, as old as the Universe itself have been discovered, suggesting life could have begun long before the earth was formed.
Peg V392b is the latest and oldest planet known to man.
Thirteen billion years old, it circles a dying star at the same distance we circle our Sun.
By surviving its stars' explosive death throes, the planet suggests Earth too might survive when the sun explodes five billion years from now.
Interestingly, just two months ago, another planet enjoyed the "Oldest in the Universe" tag. 12.7 billion years old and 7,200 light-years away, this one once orbited a star as pleasant as our Sun is now.
Its discovery had astronomers wondering if life didn't begin long before the Earth was formed.

image and article source:http://www.ibnlive.com/

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