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Why life on other worlds would be far weirder than us

Last month, the American Astronomical Society's 223rd meeting featured the announcement of a few breakthroughs: Using the Kepler space observatory, researchers had discovered a planet roughly the...

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  • GingerBreadMan
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    Great find! The thought of a planet not spinning in the habitable zone is wild. I hope that technology advances enough that we get to see something like this.

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      While the tidal force on Earth moves the ocean up and down a few meters, that force on a red dwarf planet would be so strong it'd gradually slow down the rotation of planet completely. The result? One side of the planet would face its star in a permanently sunny day, while the other side would face the stars in an endless night.

      Looks like Vampires would love to have such equality!

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