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n November 12, 2002, Dr. John Chambers of the NASA Ames - search Center gave a seminar to the Astrobiology Group at the OUniversity of Washington. The audience of about 100 listened with rapt attention as Chambers described results from a computer study of how planetary systems form. The goal of his research was to answer a dec- tively simple question: How often would newly forming planetary systems produce Earth-like planets, given a star the size of our own sun? By “Ear- like” Chambers meant a
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- Author
- Peter D. Ward & Donald Brownlee
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780387987019
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Nature, Biology, Body Mind & Spirit
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (609 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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