Today, the LA Times published the linked article describing recent data from an advanced spacecraft intended to find another "earth-like" planet in our vast galaxy. The following quote from the article indicates the uniqueness of the earth:
"Of the previously discovered 350 or so extra-solar planets -- those that lie outside our solar system -- none is a candidate for the "Goldilocks" planet, or one where things are just right for life to gain a foothold. Teams in Europe and the United States have found several super-Earths, planets that are slightly larger than our home planet. But all are either too close to their star and thus baking hells like Venus, or too far away and therefore ice cube worlds like Pluto."
This uniqueness is evidence of creation - of a plan and purpose - as discussed recently in a post by Christian astrophysicist, Hugh Ross, whose Reasons To Believe ministry discusses how recent scientific discoveries point us to the Creator. http://www.reasons.org/HowUnlikelyIsOurPlanetarySystem The issue is not just that a planet must be located a perfect distance from a sun, but that the distance must be maintained within an orbit that doesn't stray too far or go to close or that is not intersected by other planets or debris. All of the conditions must be perfect, and stay perfect over many, many millennia of time, as if they were designed that way!
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