Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I te kitenga o ētahi atu pūnaha aorangi i ētahi atu wāhi i roto i te tupuni, he mea e pōhēhē ana ki ngā tohunga whetū - he aha i pēnei ai te āhua o tō tātou pūnaha rā? He maha atu ngā pūnaha e whai "super-Earths" me ētahi atu aorangi i roto i ngā aorangi tata tata ki to rātau whetū, engari kāore i te rite ki a tātou. A ināianei kua mōhio pea mātou he aha - nā te mea i pēnei a Hupita i te "pōrowhita whakangaromanga" i te tīmatanga o te pūnaha rā, ā, i patu i ngā aorangi ki waho o te pūnaha rā, ki te tūnga rānei. Kua whakaatuhia e ngā pūtaiao o te Whare Wānanga o California tētahi ariā hou mō te pūnaha rā. E ai ki a rātau i te tīmatanga o tōna oranga, i huri a Jupiter i roto i ngā aorangi o roto (e whakaaturia ana te whakaahua o te pūnaha rā o mua). Mā tēnei e whakamārama he aha te take kāore he aorangi i waenganui i a Mercury me te rā. Engari ka tohu pea ko tō tātou pūnaha he'pōro' i roto i te aorangi. Mēnā e pono ana tēnei, ka tohu ko ngā āhuatanga i āhei ai te ora ki te whenua kia tupu, he tino onge. Ko te rangahau i whakaputaina i roto i te Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences e āwhina ana ki te whakamārama he aha i tino rerekē ai to tatou pūnaha solar i te rau o ētahi atu i kitea i roto i nga tau tata nei. <unk>I tēnei wā ka taea e tātou te titiro ki tō tātou ake pūnaha rā i roto i te horopaki o ēnei atu pūnaha aorangi, ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tino whakamīharo ko te kore o ngā aorangi i roto i te ara a Mercury,<unk> i kī te Ahorangi Gregory Laughlin, o te Whare Wānanga o California i Santa Cruz, nāna i tuhi te rangahau. <unk>Ko te pūnaha aorangi paerewa i roto i to tatou aorangi te mea he huinga o super-Earths ki wā pōuri ohorere poto. Kei te āhua kē atu tō tātou pūnaha o te rā.<unk> He tūturu ngā tangata kē - ehara i te tangata iti matomato e toro atu ana ki te Ao pērā ki ngā pikitia, engari ko te oranga moroiti i roto i tō tātou ake pūnaha rā, me te oranga mohio i tua atu. E ai ki nga kairangahau matua e rua o te Rapu mo te Maatauranga Atu i te Ao (SETI), i uru ki te whakarongo i te Komiti o te Whare mo te Pūtaiao, te Taiao, me te Hangarau i Washington DC i Akuhata o mua. I roto i te korero i tapaina ko <unk>Astrobiology and the Search for Life in the Universe<unk> i te marama o Mei, i whakaatuhia e nga kaiputaiao nga taunakitanga me te whakaaro mo te whakapono ehara ko tatou anake....
Kua whakaatuhia e te Whare Wānanga o California tētahi ariā hou mō te pūnaha rā. E kī ana rātau i te tīmatanga o tōna oranga, ka huri a Hupita i ngā aorangi o roto. Mā tēnei e whakamārama he aha te take kāore he aorangi i waenganui i a Mercury me te rā. Engari ka tohu pea ko tō tātou pūnaha he'pōro' i roto i te aorangi. A tērā pea ko ngā āhuatanga mō te ora i runga i te Ao he tino onge.