Hi,
 > None of the nearby stars have planets in a
 > configuration that will
 > support life as we know it. We cannot see the planets
 > (if any) but
 > we can detect a wobble from the star. This is a dead
 > giveaway that
 > one or more planets exist in an orbit around the star.
 >  We know of
 > no nearby stars that have such a wobble.
 According to the 'experts' on the astronomy echo there are several within 50 
light years that show evidence of planets.
 > faster. The fastest
 > speed measurement ever made of an object containing
 > mass was that of a
 > receding quasar clocked at .75c. The energy source for
 > this feat can
 > be attributed to the energy released at the time of
 > the Big Bang itself.
 REf. as above; If one takes the earth as being the object in question then 
relative to any objects we can see, from the position they are relative to 
us, we are travelling away from them at over .9c
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