A star that is almost as old as ours and burns at about the same temperature and rotates at about the same speed? Sounds like something out of Science Fiction.....but that is exactly what NASA has found, using an array of different telescopes and other space related equipment.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_twin_040107.html
(click on link above for story from space.com)
Might there be a twin of "Terra Firma" (Earth) orbiting said star. That is the question on the minds of the scientests and astronemers at NASA and other scientific institutes.
How cool if intelligent life (that we could assertain as being intelligent) originates from this part of the galaxy that is only a short distance away from us. Surly it is close enough to investigate further. Maybe SETI should use all of their equipment in conjunction with other instruments that I am sure humanity posseses....to delve into this truly amazing discovery.
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