ETs could be 2gigayears ahead

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:26:04 MST

>Charles Lineweaver of the University of NSW school of
> physics has calculated that the average rocky planet must
> have formed 1.8 billion years before our world appeared, give
> or take 900 million years.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/01/12/FFX1JOZATHC.html

Charley is a smart cookie - he was one of the bods who did the current best
age for the universe.

Damien Broderick

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