In Search Of Planets

Johny Setiawan, an Indonesian astronomer in Germany, has discovered three new planets, resembling Earth in its infancy and its collapse.

January 30, 2007

The light of the sun began fading a long time ago. It is now red and the hue continues to expand. The two nearest planets have already perished: first Mercury, then Venus. Next, it will be Earths turn. This is what astronomers are predicting about the demise of planet Earth, five billion years from now. At that time, the suns hydrogen will be depleted.

This astronomy version of Doomsday could very well be accurate. Johny Setiawan, an Indonesian a

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