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  I just asked my dog and he said yeah probably : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • Love it. : grover69
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  I think a primary theory is that Jupiter formed the same way that stars do, by gravitational accretion of... : _jon
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    I would make an assumption based on that theory that most planets in the universe are gas giants : mr.sleepy
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      NASA released a few days ago that they think gas giants are less than 2% of the planets in the universe. : Lunatic Angelic
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        Where is the rest of the gas then? in nebulae? : mr.sleepy
        • What do you mean, "rest of the gas"? You've got stars, gas giants, nebulae (which are huge but very disp... : Arcanum
      • That only measured close in planets http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24394251 : indosauros
      • That was the worst study I've ready in a while. Take with huge grain of salt. : boofy
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  It's not a star because it doesn't have enough mass. There's plenty of hydrogen there, just not quite eno... : thecray
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    If it were 6 times larger, it would have enough mass to fuse hydrogen, and be a star. : theamazingrand0
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      Wiki says 75 times more massive to fuse hdtrogen. "Although Jupiter would need to be about 75 times as... : bombay
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        Hrm, I know I read 6 somewhere, I'll have to see if I can dig it up. : theamazingrand0
        • Probably read 60, the number is somewhere between 50-75 times depending on the exact makeup of the planet... : bombay
• Jupiter is not nearly large enough to be or have been a star. You could consider it a "failed star" only... : indosauros
• Short answer, no. It's just a gas giant. The next step up would be brown dwarf status and then star. : Visceral Monkey
• No. Read a book about planets, Sleepy. : Odoyle
• I'm no expert but I think you are almost right but a little backwards. Jupiter would have been a star if ... : CrazyPants
• hehe no, My toaster almost grew up to be a convection oven as well : watcherxp
• Jesus farted on jupiter but his buddies weren't around so he didn't lite it up. : smackpiece
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  What these guys said. Mot enough mass (gravity) for nuclear fusion to occur. Although Arthur C. Clarke ... : smax
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    What are the chances of intelligent life on other planets being mammalian, reptillian, insectoid or plant... : mr.sleepy
    • Do you understand how natural selection works? Because that answers every one of those questions : indosauros
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      If evolution is universal, like it most certainly is, then life on other planet would probably look simil... : mnok
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        I wonder why intelligent life desires to move. Also I wonder why natural selection has chosen humans to b... : mr.sleepy
        • Things that can move can avoid danger. Immobile organisms are less likely to survive any disruption to th... : Wisp!
        • Truly inelligent life desires to just be. like whoa. : anhero
        • Intelligent life desires to move to get away from your lame posts. :| : deject
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      actually, pretty good.
      
      earth species: why is the mouth right next to the nose? so you can smell what you are about to eat. why are eyes close to the nose/mouth? same reason. why are arms in the front? etc. why is the pooper far away from that stuff? cuz you dont want none of that. there's good reasons why aliens would evolve the same way.
      

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      actually, pretty good. earth species: why is the mouth right next to the nose? so you can smell wha... : smax
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        earth species have evolved the same basic body plans many times individually, because they work well. : smax
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          I don't understand, are you saying that different branches of animalia evolved independently? : SpaecKow
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            Different branches independently evolved the same characteristics isolated in similar environments (see m... : indosauros
            • I'm a bit confused on this marsupial example, can you elaborate? : bombay
            • From wikipedia on parallel evolution: One of the most spectacular examples of parallel evolution is prov : indosauros
            • simpler example, fishes and dolphins : smax
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              Well sure, and procines developed flippered forelimbs even though they weren't fish. But that's not the p : SpaecKow
              • porcines? lol porpoises I think I meant to type. : SpaecKow
          • I've always found Cnidaria and their symbiots Zooxanthellae really interesting. : bombay
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            I'm sorry, this is an extremely vague post - different species of animals have of course evolved similar ... : SpaecKow
            • Bingo, legs, teeth and pouches already existed. Although it is interesting from the isolation view point. : bombay
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        pimping: http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=12887... : smax
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          We have it, a wonderful book, my kids love it. : bombay
          • What an awesome thing to give your kids to read, way to be a good dad :D : SpaecKow
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            your kids are very lucky <3 : smax
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              Thanks guys, there's a lot of questions when we read it, and it goes slow but they really like it. Sta... : bombay
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                Do you have the one that's made for kids? I can't recall the name of it. : Vincent Grayson
                • Both, the more kids one is: A Really Short History of Nearly Everything Then there's: A Short Hi... : bombay
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          mr.sleepy have you read this book? At least get it on audiobook (just as good) : indosauros
          • i will check it out! thanks! : mr.sleepy
    • What are the chances of intelligent life on other planets being mammalian, reptillian, insectoid or plant : SpaecKow
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      we wont know this for sure until we go out there. we really dont even know how many planets there are tha... : hirez
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        its not really guessing though, its backed by scientific evidence. Of course its all based on what we cur... : mnok
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          "Based on Kepler data, an estimate of around 100 million habitable planets in our galaxy may be realistic... : mnok
          • yes, but ultimately, until we have actual observational data of other life, its just guesswork. : hirez
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      as crazy as i fucking sound, i wonder if the aliens i saw (which happen to be the the grays of pop alien ... : reverend~heresy
      • I have heard the greys described as being reptillian and not mammalian. Talk about your experience if you... : mr.sleepy
    • How high are you? I know dognose is looking for work, so he didn't cause this. : anhero
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  jesus didnt want a star there. : mindshot
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    The Monolith did. : Fenring42
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      all these worlds are yours except europa. attempt no landings there. : skryte
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        Like that would stop humans, some asshole would land there just to be a dick, then they'd exterminate our... : thecray
        • Someone didn't read the later books. They try to do it anyways. : Fenring42
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        "now give us more plastic assholes" : gyokuro
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          why would they need more plastic assholes ? : master_disaster_17
          • Because the ones they're wearing already are worn out? duh : SpaecKow
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            come on.. who DOESN'T need more plastic assholes?? : beastrabban
            • uh... here ya go: http://www.fleshlight.com/fleshlight-toys/original/original-butt/ : skryte
• Is it possible that this mound of dirt was almost a mountain? : lechuck59
• nope but be thankful it's there to absorb massive asteroids/meteors impacts that come into the solar syst... : grabbie
• It's not massive enough, and if this had somehow happened it would be a brown dwarf with very different c... : bipolar
• Nope. It would need a lot more mass than it has to ignite. : thetangent
• Where did you go to school? : brickmatt
• this sounds like a political metaphor - I just can't decide what for : eldersveld
• no the mass needs to be about 0.05 to 0.10 the mass of the sun to have enough gravity to ignite and the m... : gyokuro
• Does this answer your question? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_d-gs0WoUw boom : snuff
• This post makes me want to take a big ass hit from a very large bong packed full of powerful weed. : theghostofsmdever