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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 22 Feb 2017

    This is the first realistic opportunity to search for biological signs of alien life outside of the solar systemhttp://nyti.ms/2kMUfsT 

    12:56 PM - 22 Feb 2017
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      1. Benjamin Hart‏Verified account @realaxelfoley 22 Feb 2017
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        But what does it mean for the midterms?

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      1. Liz Watkins‏ @WatkinsVideoFl 22 Feb 2017
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        Please have the aliens take Trump.

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      1. Barry Handelsman‏ @darayya1 22 Feb 2017
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        Why look outside the solar system for alien life when it can be found right here in the White House

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      1. Brendan Simon‏ @Brendan_Simon 22 Feb 2017
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        We may all need a new planet soon, given the direction the @SenateGOP is leading us in.

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      2. steve taylor‏Verified account @thatstevetaylor 22 Feb 2017
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        40 light years away. So slightly shorter than the #Trump Presidency will feel like. #TRAPPIST1

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      3. Zachary‏ @goodgamehadid 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @thatstevetaylor @nytimes

        you're comparing distances with times

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      4. steve taylor‏Verified account @thatstevetaylor 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @goodgamehadid @nytimes

        Not exactly. I'm feeling a time frame in which something moving at 186k mps takes 40 yrs to get where it's going.

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      1. Wear Your Dissent | Shop for Resisters & Feminists‏ @wearyourdissent 22 Feb 2017
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        Hope they have better leaders than we do.

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      1. Bishan‏ @multiversetalk 22 Feb 2017
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        question is .... why all 7 planets in the same solar system are earth like. is this solar system designed by advanced aliens...?

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      1. sasseen gregoire‏ @GregoireSasseen 22 Feb 2017
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        @DimaSadek millions paid for aliens looking for and milliards to kill humans what a contradiction 😶😶😶😶

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      1. Melissa Dawn‏ @MelissaFlagg2 22 Feb 2017
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        Please let them be smarter than we are! Lord knows that won't be hard.

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      1. Miguel camberos‏ @plo2ero_miguel 22 Feb 2017
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        That's so cool, but I can't even afford a plane ticket to Iowa, so I probably won't ever be able to visit any of these planets!😔😂🙏🏽

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      1. Marcus‏ @MackanKingFish 22 Feb 2017
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        @AndersJacobsson what about habitle planet around Alpha C?

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      1. Nicola Fontana‏ @NicolaFontana 22 Feb 2017
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        don't share this with @realDonaldTrump to avoid an #InterstellarWall

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      1. Alexandre Bonaldo‏ @Alex_Bonaldo 23 Feb 2017
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        Breaking news from 39 light-years away. What's the rush?

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