New un-confirmed data says Earth-sized planets are extremely
common  Kepler Scientist: 'Galaxy is Rich in Earth-Like Planets'
While the data hasn't been confirmed by NASA yet, and the
numbers are still being officially crunched, preliminary
findings leaked by a Kepler scientist suggest that Earth-sized
worlds are very common.  "The statistical result is loud and
clear. And the statistical result is that planets like our own
Earth are out there. Our Milky Way galaxy is rich in these kinds
of planets." --Dimitar Sasselov  A graph of planet sizes:
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something because they're afraid. That doesn't make any sense.
If you think that, Mr. Xenopsychology, then you need to study
regular psychology for a while so you can make some more sense
in what assertions you make at your fellow homo sapiens.
SpaceBoy: Why? Because I'm not afraid to understand that we can
not be the only intelligent life i