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<p>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081013-mm-earth-habitability.html</p><p> </p><p><font><font><font face="arial" size="2"><font face="arial"><p class="MsoNormal">If that sounds like the ultimate waste of science funding, take a closer look. The project is designed to scan Earth from a distance and note the evidence for habitability, so that we can better detect that evidence on distant worlds. In essence, if we want to find life on alien planets, we have to study a planet known to host life to determine what clues to look for, scientists say.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The researchers are using the European Space Agency's Venus Express satellite, in orbit around our neighbor planet, to study Earth from afar, where it appears smaller than a pixel in the spacecraft's cameras, with no surface details visible.</p><p class="MsoNormal">________________________________________________________ </p><p class="MsoNormal">I love this one. Yes, there are no signs of life on earth. YET. </p></font></font></font></font> </p>