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Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday December 11, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis examine in some detail claims of “habitable exo-planets” orbiting around some nearby stars and find some very creative (not to mention borderline fraudulent) astronomical snake oil sales regarding possible habitability of these exo-planets, and questions about whether or not some of them are even there.
Article links- Original news article:Â http://scitech.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=43765&content=84843368&pageNum=-1
Habitable Exo-planets Catalog:Â http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog