Delve Report 2006 04 April

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�VER EPORT
PRIL
2006
SAUC E se CE
ABDUCHToEPwDe :o ple Whens hear­
ComTeoB elTiheWeveyer e riveadt H arvard
KidnaBpyAp leide ns in1 996,C lancy
ByS usaCnl ancy didn'ste otu tt od e­
Haroa:rUdn iversPirtye ss bunkt hes torioefs
litgtlree emne nk id­
MICHAKEULN ZELMAN nappinpge oplfreo m·
AssocPiraetsesd · thebire droomasn du s­
ing thfeompr ainful ex­
CAMBRIDGE, Mass-.Su­ perimenItnss.t eashde,
sanC lanciys s icokf s pace startheedr r esearocnh
aliens. falmseem oriebsys tudy­
TheH arvarpds ychologiisntgv ictimosf s exual
figursehse has erveeardy a buse.
book asnede ne verym ovie She. quicfkoluyn dh er­
evemra dea bouetx:tr aterr·e ss-eltfh et argoefat n gr"yo ut­
trialasn,d shei nhtaesr viewesdi derwsh"o accusehde ro f
roughl5y0 p eoplweh oc laim tryintgod iscrevdiictt ims.
toh avbee ena bductbeyda li:O nei ralteet ter-wrciatlelre d
ens. hera ." frienodf p edophiles
Andi t'alsli nt hen ameo f everywhere."
scientific ntortsu ctihe,n ce Arountdh es amet ime,
fiction. HarvarMde dicSaclh ooslt art­
"Ih aveb ecomaer eluctanetdi nvestigtahterin egs earch
scholoafra lienopghrya," methodesm ployebdy Pulit­
Clancsya id. zePrr izwinenin-g psycholo­Itfh is
Clanciysb racifnogar fr esh gist JMoahcnk ,w ho used dudleo oks
roundof h atem ailwi th her hypnostiosr etriemveem o­ familtio ar
new booAkb,d ucteHdo:w riefrso mp eople cwlhaoi med youd,o n't
PeoplCeo meT oB elie171.veye tob ea lieanb ducte(eTsh.e caSluls an
WereK idnappBeydA liens.s choodle cidendo tt oc en­ Clan"cIy'.m
Thosew ho belieavlei enss urMea ck,w ho wass truck donwei th
area mongu sh avent'atk en andkil ledb ya drunk drivienr alietnhse, "
kindtloyh ert heortyh aatb ­ Londolna syte ar.)
authsoary s.
ducteehsa vec reat"efda lse Macks' w orkg aveC lancy
memorieosu"to fs,h ew ritesa,n i deWao:u ldni'tbt e e asier
a "blenodf f antasy-protnoet ­eshte rt heoriiefss h e
nessm,e mory distortciuoln­,c oulbde c ertaitnh ahte rs ub­
turalalvya ilasbclrei pstlse,e pj ectmse'm oriewse rne otr eal?
hallucinaatnidos ncsi,e ntifiSch ea ndh era dvisHearrv,ar d ALIEN
illiteracy." psychologRiiscth aMredN a l­
Thatd oesnm'eta nC lancyl yp,l aceand ewspapaedrt ha·t
thinkhse rs ubjecatrsec ra­asked",H avey oub eena b­ NATION
zy.I nf acsth,e w ass urpriseddu ctebdya lienIstt? o"o lke ss
howm anyo ft hems eemed thana dayf orc alletrofils l
quitneo rmailn,t elliagnedn th erv oicmea il.
articulate. AsC lancayn dM eNa lliyn ­
"Arguiwnegi rbde lieifsas terviewtehdea bductetehse,y
vernyo rmatlh ings,h"es aid startteofid n ds ome common
ina ni ntervfrioemw N icara­threadMsa.n yo f thefmo,r
�aw,h eres hei sa visitinegx ampldee,s critbheedt erri­
profesastoI rN CAE, theC en­ fying experieonfcw ea king
traAlm ericaInn stitfuotre u pa ndb einugn ablem otvoe ,
BusineAsdsm inistratio"nI.t 'sc ertatihna atn i ntrudwears
very humfaonur s t ob elievleu rkinignt heirro om.
int hingfso rw hicht heries Tot heH arvarpds ycholo­
nos ci_enetviifidce nce." gististw, a so bviotuhsa tth eir
Continuoed nt he followipangge
Harvparorifnd c uwrrsa th
oft hbee liebvycel ramsiin g
abducatlilt·ohine.hnise r a ds
SUNDASYU NS HOWCASED ECEMB1E8R, 2005
subjechtasds uffereadne pi­itw asi mpossitbolc ea tegor-Clanyc's conclusoins
sodeo fs leeppa raly-sias icaldliys proavlei eanb duc-aren'stha redb y
statoefl imbboe tweesnl eepti ons. · DaviJda cobans ,
andb einagw alce,s ometimes "Ally ouc � doi sa rguteh at associpartoef es­
punctuabtyehd a llucinatiotnhse.y 're improbatbhla.et saonrod f h istoarty
"Ita' ls ittbliet lai hkiec ­thee videnacded ucebdy t he TemplUen iversity.
cupi nt heb rainI.t' hsa rm­ belieivsei rn sufficiteonj tu s-Jacobwsh,o t eaches
lesss,a"i Md cNallayd,d in.g tify the beliesfh,evvr" o te". Ul- a clascsa lle"dU FOs
tha2t0 % oft hep opulatiotni matetlhye,nt ,h ee xistencea ndA mericaSno ciety,"
will experiesnlceee ppar aly­ofETiss a m atteorfo pinions,a id ClaAnbcdyu'cst eidsa
siast l eaosntc e. andt heb elievhearvset heir" typidceablu nkibnogo k."
Manyo ft hea bducteaelss o own opfuions, boanfis resdt - "Tihsji usn sko cisacli ence,
coulbde d escribaes"d s pirih­ande xperience." andt heries a certacionn -
tuaple oplweh"o h avea ban­ Oneo ft hos"eb elieviesr sd"e scendiqnuga littoyi t,h"e' ' metro
donecdo nventiornealli gioWuisl Blu echea, 3 6-vear-osladi d. MONDAY,M ARCH2 7,2 006
belieMfcsN,a llayd ded".T he who wasw orkinfgo rM ack Jacobsw,h o saidh ahse
MarOsr biter
peoplceo nvincoefdt hiarse whenC lancanyd McNalliny- used" hypnotriecg ression"
gettignegn uinspei ritpuaayl­ terviewheidm seveyreala rst or ecovemre moriefsr om retufrin1rmssa tg es
off,h"e s aid".T oe ncountear ago. . moret han9 00a lieanb duc-
naturaliasctciocu notfi ti s Buechsea ihde h ash� ad -�te�essai,d s l eeppa ralysis, SPACET he MarRse con­
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deeployff ensive· ." moret hana dozen --.......f..a ulthyyp nosainsd naissaOnrcbei tFriedra yr e­
Inh erb ookC,l ancdye ­ "encountewrist"h falsmee mories turned thefirst test images
scribheesr s ubjecsttso'r ieasl iesnisncheewasa ."simdpolnyot_ac- from itssu pehri gh-resolu­
ofa bductiiondn e tacihla,n g­youncghild.T heseen - · ·· : . counftortchoen- tiocna meratsh,em ostpo w­
ingo nltyh eir names. countewrist thh e" pale, .. : vincindge taiilns " erfuplh otograpehqiuci p­
Onem an," ana rticulatthe.,bi eni ngsh,es" a idu,s u- · abductesetso'r ies.
mentt ob et rainoend t he
handsomec"h iropractorwaitlhlh ya ppenat n ighitn,h is "Aldle bunkemrask eo ne
RedP lanine tN .ASXs search
a "strikiantgtlrya cwtiifvee" rooma,n dh ef eeallse brtu t" a orm oreo ft hef ollowrniisn­g
forw atearn dl ife.
and twins onsc,l aimetdo litbtildter uggewdh"i lteh ey takeTsh:e yi gnorteh ed ata,
The· black-andp-hwoh­ite
havef atherhevdb ribda biesc ommunicawtiet hhi m tele-thedyi stotrhted atoa rt hey
tost,a kebny t hrecea meras,
witha nali en,a " streamlinepda,t hically. don'knto w thed atah,e"s aid,
sylphlcirkeea ture." "Itn'ostl ikteh ey'srpee ak-describhiinmgs ealsfa " seri­ showd eecph annelasn dl ay­
Anothseurb jeac3 t4,y- ear­inEgn glisihnm y mind,h"e ousU FOr esearcwhheorb e­ ereds urfadceeb risar ound
oldarti st witha c olleegdeu ­ said".I ta' msix tureo fm u- lievtehsee videnicsce o rn­ thep lanemti'dss ectfieoan­,
catiocno,u ldni'dte nt"idfyi s­sicp,i ctures, fanede ilmin-gsp ellitnhga tth eseev ents tures tphraotb abwleyr e
turbnig sleep-relatperde ssions." areh appeningm oreo r formebdy w ate,sr aiAlfrde d
experiencuenst"ih le w as Buechsea iCdl ancy'tsh eo-lesass ( abducteseasy). " McEwena,m issisocni entist
hypnotizbeyad n a bductiorni easb ouatl ieanb ductions, Cslaaintdch yev o­l aridU niversoiftAri yz ona
researchheef ro undo n the including splaereapl ycsains-, ume andn asttyo ne of profesosfop rl anetarsyc i­
InternDeutr.i nhgi ss econd notfu llye xplawihna th e's theh atem ails heg ets
ence.
hypnosisse ssiotnh,ea rtisetx perienced. thesdea ysi sf awro rse
said rheec overmeedm ories "It hinhke rb ookc omes thanw hath err e­
metro
ofb einagb ductebdya liensc lose_tthoet rutihn m any searcohn sexual­
·who strahpimp eddo wn ona waysb,u ti ti sna'tb lteo s ee abusvei ctigmesn er­ TUESDAYM,A RCH7 ,2 006
blacmka rbltea blaen ds ub­the poteonuttti hale re afno-ra ted. r�esxotlc ayrc le
jectheidm t oa p ainfsuelx u­othebrr eakthroiungh ho "'! ''I'dmo new ith
ale xperiment. we seree alihtyes, a"i d. alienssh,e"s aid. coublecd h aos
Clancsya iadw ealtohfr e­
searcshh owst hahty pnosis
makesi te asifeorrp eoplteo "(lat)t' ysp idceablu nking Sun-spawnedc osmic
stormsth atc an playn avoc
creaftael smee mories. ·b ook."iTjshu inssko cisaclie nce, with ea.rtnl..y powegrri dansd
"Thiissi nl argpea rbte ­
causietb oths timulates the andt heirsaec ertain orbitsmga tellcoiutlde bes 5 0
imaginatainodn relaxes real­ per censttro ngeirn th e next
condesceqnudailntigoit ty. "
itcyo nstraisnhtesw ,r"i tiens 11-yesaorl acry det hani n
herb ook. DavJiadc oobfTs e mpUlnei versity the last one,s cientsisa.:.tds
Howeve,r Clanyc learned inso atm usebdyt haeu thofri'nsd ings. yesterday.
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creatlei fGeo.d a cceptthse c hallenge, semblienagr lpyre dictioonfs
God'sd irt picksu pa h andfuolf d irta nda s quirm­ a sevehreu rricansee asoonn
ingh,o ppinrga bbeimte rges. sTchiee n- Earth,i nvolvtehsen umber
Who�DesignTehdeD esigner,
tisutn,d ismayaelds,po i cukp a h andful ofsunspo ts onth e solasurr ­
ille re isa stortyh aitn t hed ista(notr ofd irtt;h enG ods ays",G ety ouro wn facaep ,h enomemnoan itored
perhanpso ts od istafunttu)r es,c ientisdtisrt !" fomro reth an5 0y earsR.EUT ERs
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SHANGHAIC,h in(a AP)­ howt oi mprovteh ea ttrackm­ southweosftB eijing.
Chinah ast emporarcilloys edt ioonf S hennongjisaa,i"d Sightionfga ss imilyaert i­
partosfa naturrees ertvhea t Wang.P roposailnsc ludae dl ike crehaatvuebr eee nr e­
attra·sc ctosroefsp eopleea cQ. possible aiinrt phoear rte a porteidn T ibetth,o ugiht s ex­
yeahru ntifngo re videnocfe tof acilittoautreia srtr ivalsi.s tenhcaes n'bte enp roven
ana pe-lBiikgef ocorte ature,L ocatdeede pi n·t her emote either.
ap arokffi ciasla irde centlym.o untaionfsH ubeip rov­ China'gso vernmehnats
SectioonfsS hennongjiian cet,h ep arhka sl onbge en previouursgleydt ouraigset n­
Nature Resweirlrvlee m ainr umoureadst heh omet ot he cietsoc utd owno nc reature­
closefdo ra tl eastth reee lusicvree atukrneo wn in huntisnagf ariinsS hennong­
monthts oa lloiwt nsa turalC hinesaest he" Yereno,r" jia,s ayintgh eyw ere
attracttioor nesc ovferro m "Wilmda n." misleadainndgc oulhda rm
thew eara ndt eaorf v isitorsS,c ientissatyts h eries n o thee nvironment.
saiWda ngY onga,n o fficial scienteivfiicd entcheec rea­ Howevetrh,ep ariktshealsf
WALTERHAUT from thep ark. tureexi stbsu,ts coroefsp eo­ soughttol urteo uriwsittsah
Issuneedw rse leaisn1e 9 47 "Duritnhgi pse riowde,a re plec laitmo h aves eeni t $60,0r0e0w arfdo rt heY er­
gointgod os ome reseoanr crho amintgh ep ark, about e1n,'0s7 5c apture.
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teHra utm,a def amoufso irs suiann ge wsr e­
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centratoifmo ent eoriitse s
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locatiedns outheastern
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basceo mmanderC olW.i lliBalma ncharddi e·- After becomintgh ef irst featoufrt eh e image msacyo ,pwb eaesd eploiyne1� d 9 0.
tateadn ewsr eleaasbeo uat recov�eyirnegd. Canaditaond' i scovtewro the cavoeflrns i gwhhte re Thei magaend m orien for­
saucearn do rderHeadu tt oi ssuiet . separamteet eoriltaesst thousanodfss t aarers form-- matioare n availaonlibnlee
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meteoriftreo mt heb ush
wast oledx actwlhye rteh efl yindgi srce port-
near the Obnotradreiro. In jao iMnetx ico-Us.cSi.­ andM exico'ssc ientific
.e d ihni sn ewsr eleawsaesf ounndo rd idh e
He foundt hen ewest entifviecn turbeu,i ldercso mmunithya vec hampi­
evesre ea U FO.B uth er emainaeb de liever.
specimeonn a gravbeal r aref inishai tnegl escopoen edt hec onstrucotfi on
Hauta ndt woo themre nf oundeTdh eI n­ oft heW hiteshReilvle r, on topo fa volcantoh at thet elescotpheel, a rgest of
ternatiUoFnOa lM useumi n1 991H.e was easotf W innipeg. willle ta stronomleorosk itksin di nt hew orlds,a ying
presidoefnt th em useumu nti1l9 96M.o re · 24h ounresws se rvices back1 3b illiyoena rs anidts howsho wa d evelinogp
tha2n ¥2m illipoeno plhea vev isitietd.
uncovesre creatbso ut thceo untryc anp laay major
creatiooftn h eu niverse.r olien t echnology.
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TOROSNUTNOT HURSJDAANYU.2A 6R2.Y0 06 NATIONALP OST,T HURSDAY,F EBRUARY2 ,2 006
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WASHINGTON (Reuterso)u tsioduer s olasry steThme.
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dayt heyh aved etecttehde beeng asg ianptl aneltisk e
mostE arth-lpilkaen eyte t Jupitwehri,c ha reh ostitloe VictorSicai entiasttt hseU niversiitnyt ot hes kiesT.h e new piecoef
arounads taort hetrh ano ur lifaesi ti sk nowno nE arth.I ofV ictorairaed oingt heipra rtt o equipmenitst hec entrepioefca e
sunr,ai sinhgo peosf fi nding probed eepeirn tos pacteh ane ver $750-million initiatthiev e called
Frigpilda net
as pacreo ctkh amti ghstu p­ beforteh rougahn a mbitioNuosr th TMT, orT hirtyM etrTee lescoppreo ­
porlti fe. Buta ni nternatitoenaaml America-widper ojeaictm eda td evel­jecItt.b ringtso gethuenri versities
"Thisi sa n importantha sd etectae dc oldp lanet opintgh ew orldl'asr getsetl escopfer.o ma crosCsa nadaan dt heU nited
breakthroiuntg hhe q uestto abou5t� t imemso rem assive Engineeprhsy,s iciasntdss tudentsS tateasn d is headquarteraetd
answetrh eq uesti'oAnr wee thanE arth- stislmla ll makeu p a universtietya mt hati s CaliforInnisat itouftT eec hnology.
alone?s'ai"dM ichaeTlu rnere nought ob ec onsdiered testisnpge cicaolm ponenftosr t he Fundinigsf roma varieotfyp ublic
oft he NatiSocniaeln Fcoeu n­Earth-l-ikoer bitian sgt ar telescowpnei,c hi sp lanneads a andp rivastoeu rceTsh.e U niversity
dation. about20,l0i0g0h t-yaewaarys, mainm irro3r0 -metriends i ametero,f V ictoriissa h arinag $ 4-million
Newt echnique closteo t hec entroef t he1· three titmheecs u rrebnetn chmarkC anadFao undatifoonrI nnovation
MilkyWay. · of1 0 metresT.h atm eansi twi ll granwti tht heU niversoiftyB ritish
"The teamh asd iscoveredA light-yiesaa bro utt r9i l­dwarsfu chw ell-knowpnr edecessoCrosl umbiaan dU niversoiftyT o ronto
them ostE arth-lpilkaen etl iokni lometres. ast heH ubbltee lescoppiec,t uredf,o rt heirre spectriovleei snt hep ro­
yeta,n dm orei mportantlyT,o fi ndt hinse wp lanet­ ande xceeBdu bblep'osw erb y1 00 jecTth.e t elescowipleln otb ei nfu ll
hasd emonstrattheepd o wer named OGLE-2005-BLG- time-s resultiinna g c reaticoanp a­operatifoonr1 0t o1 5y earJs.e Bffe ll,
ofa newt echniqtuhea its 390Lb- thet eamu seda bleo fp eerin1g0b illiloing hyte arsC anW esNte wSse rvice
sensittiovd ee tecting habtietc­hniqcuael lgerda vitation­
ablpel anets." al microleIntus sienasgn .e t­
Int hel asdte cadea,s tron­worko ft elescotpoew sa tch
omersh aved etectmeodr e forc hangeisn l ighcto ming
than 1pl6a0n eotrsb iting stfrarosm distasntta rs.
NATIONALP OST,M ONDAY,D ECEMBER 192,005
By2 060C,a nadimaingsh nto l ongebera ble
to admireo neo fth e countrym'oss t beauntifuaturall
phenomenSa.ci entists sayb yth atti meEarth 's north
magnetic polseh icfrftoo uml Cda nadtao S iberia,
taking the northern lightswi th itTh e phenomenon,
triggebryet dh es un andfix ed inp ositiboytn h e
planetm'agnse tic fieldis,r elattoe thde movement of
then orthm agnetic poleTh.e poliseth e pointo nt he
Earth'ss urfacweh eret hem agnetfiiecl dp oints
straidgohwtn .
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IS·THER.BEOR ED OF YOUR neighbourhoWohdy? n .ot rterlyo catibnigl liyoena rosl dn,o tt oo gassyd eavnodi odf m assive
toa nothesro lasry stemA?n Americaans tronomhears companiownhso seg ravictoyu ld intweirtftheh rese t eady
releasael di sotf starsl imkoestltohy a rboiunrt ellilgiefnceto nditinoenesd efdo lri fteoe volve.
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nearbRye,u terresp orts. NASAu sedt oh avea polifcoyrw hatt o-diofi ntelligent
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icanpto rtioofnt heo veratlrla veeld geo fs pacea,l lowipnags sen­smellionfgr otintgf ruiAt .s cene
andt ourisimn dustorvye r thgee rtso e xperietnhceee ffectosf froma sci-fiflim ? No,m aintains
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seemt ob ef alloiffnt gh ec ul­ dersocnh,i eefx ecutiovfSe p aceu tesa ndt ow itnestsh eb lack­talp sycholowghios sta ysh e took
tural radar. Adventuresfi)r stathn ed s titlhle nesosf s pacbee fordee scent. thea liehno mea ndl ivewdi tiht f or
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pendeUFnOt researcshaeyrs, customeirnst oor bit. ternatioSnpaaclSe t atibount,i t's
viat elepaatnhdyw asa blet op ull
in his nerwellye as2e0d0 5r e­ SpaceA dventuroewsn st he availafbolreo nlyU S$100,000', "
portth asti ghtiinn Cgasn ada righttoss elaln o pent hirsde at Andersosani d. thoughft'rso mh ism ind.
droppedd ramaticfarlolmy aboarRdu ssiaSno yuszp acecraft.T hes pacter avienld usttroyo k
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thes izoefa m arblteoa v ol-"Thiissa bsolutaemlayzing."
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volveasn a nalysoifvs a rias-tunning." abundoannM ta rs Overt hen exts·e vemno nthst,h e
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nelasn dl ayerseudr fadceeb rairso undb utl earningi tism portainncc el imate
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probabwleyr ef ormebdy w atesra,i dp ortatnost h apitnhgle a ndscape."
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Earth" has beenf ounodr bit­supportleifde r,e searchers
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fodre tecting farawapyl anets theM ars Expresmsi ssion. Thei magewse rtea kefnr oamn a lti2­008t od igf ors ubsurfawcaet eirc e,
thatc loserleys emboluer The EuropeanS pace tudoef 1 , 54m7i leasb ovteh es urfacaen,d f ort he2 009a rrivoaftl h eM ars
own, astronomers saidy es­ Agency's arbiterh as aboutth retei mehsi ghterh atnh eo r­Science Labaol raartgovereryr ,s ioofn
terdayi nWashingt on. mappemdo sto ft hep lanet bitweirl ble w heni tf ormalbleyg inst het wirno botgieco logSipsitrsai ntd
The planweetigh s 13t imes fomri neratlhsab te acrh em­ itssc ienmcies siionNn o vember. Opportunity, wbheiectnhr ahvaevres ­
as much as Earth andis 'o r­ icaflm gerprinotfsp asetn ­ Thes pacecrwahfti,cr he achoerdb iti ngt hep lanestu'rsf ascien c2e0 04.
bitinag st ar about9 ,000 countewrist hw ater ando nM arch1 0,i st om apa bou1t p er­ TheM arsR econnaissOarnbciet er
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is about6 tril lioninil es. thep lanets'usr fascheo w landibnygr so botpirco baensd h uman instrumoefna tnsy.o ft hef ousrc ience
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supeErarth- becau.si eti s Ther esoluotfit ohnet esitm ageiss return moret ha·Hn >t imetsh qeu antity
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