The Nearest Exoplanet

The search goes on
to discover at last
that we are not alone..
Yet others wait
for the discovery
that we are alone..
Alone in knowing
that Awareness knows 
itself Alone
and that we
and this exoplanet
color our Awareness
as we remain Alone...


Closest Exoplanet To Earth -- August 2016
On Aug 24 2016, the European Southern Observatory announced the confirmation of the closest exoplanet to Earth. This illustration shows Proxima b, which orbits its parent star Proxima Centauri, the closest sun to Earth's sun. Proxima b lies within its sun's habitable zone, strongly suggesting the planet has liquid water on its surface.
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Date: 9/13/2016 11:58:00 AM
I find it impossible to accept that this planet is the only life in the universe. Just because God created man, does not mean that man was all he created. I find it well planned that the only possible habitable planet is far enough away for man never to get there and ruin like he is doing with this one. Enjoyable write Charles.#7. God Bless. D.
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Date: 9/1/2016 9:21:00 AM
Are you saying that certain individuals (devout, perhaps) will feel ill at ease or cheated if it's proven that humans are not the sole intelligence in the universe (multiverse)? Note: Second closest habitable planet (so far) is Wolf 1061, less than 14 light years from Earth. ;-)
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Date: 9/1/2016 4:57:00 AM
Interesting !
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Date: 8/30/2016 2:08:00 PM
The creator is resting. How nice to see.. that maybe..he has plans..for a future.. in our proximity Scientific poetry. The universal kind. I get your kind of write.
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Charles Coon
Date: 8/30/2016 9:01:00 PM
Thank you, Holly....scientific metaphor...if we see it, there is much to be seen! Take care, CRC
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