WASHINGTON (AP) -- European astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our solar system...astronomers think this planet could conceivably house life outside our solar system. It's also as close to Earth-sized as telescopes have ever spotted. Both elements make it the first potentially habitable planet besides Earth or Mars.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/25/habitable.planet.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Sweet, time to purchase some land on that **** for when we finally and completely ***** this planet up.
Edited, Apr 25th 2007 5:17am by Tare
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What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Anyone else's local new use this story as a segue to finding "kryptonite" (with all superman jokes and little information)?
Want to guess which got 15 seconds and which got a few minutes?
Want to guess which got 15 seconds and which got a few minutes?
We should bomb it before any potential life there has a chance to attack us.
It's only good common sense.
Nexa
It's only good common sense.
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
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We should bomb it before any potential life there has a chance to attack us.
We should get an oil pipeline set up pronto.
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If there is life on that planet, I just wonder where humans would sit on the food chain.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
If there is life on that planet
There isn't.
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Smasharoo wrote:
If there is life on that planet
There isn't.
I'm sure. Still, the thought of possible man-eating amobeas the size of whales prowling the lands tickles me somehow.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Kakar wrote:
Smasharoo wrote:
If there is life on that planet
There isn't.
I'm sure. Still, the thought of possible man-eating amobeas the size of whales prowling the lands tickles me somehow.
Terrifying!
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
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― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Voyager 1 the fastest man made object moves at like 10 miles per second which is like .00005 the speed of light? 20 light years away? How long would that trip take?
How long would that trip take?
6 to 8 weeks.
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Smasharoo wrote:
If there is life on that planet
There isn't.
That's just what They wan't you to think.
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Smasharoo wrote:
If there is life on that planet
There isn't.
That's just what They wan't you to think.
Kao also in another thread wrote:
Thumbelyna - Are you secretly a being from some extradimensional superbeing race sent to spy on mankind?
Dammit, you guys found us out. Damn planet's cloaking device system phailed.
I don't see why there couldn't be life there. So far the conditions look right, not that we know enough yet. At 1.6G I can't see it being anything like humans. Probably more snakelike or even flat with no skeletal structure if it's ground based. Water based could have similar characteristics to what we have here, or could be something unimaginable. Talking plastic bobblehead jellyfish?
Yodabunny wrote:
Talking plastic bobblehead jellyfish?
I'd hit it.
Kakar wrote:
If there is life on that planet, I just wonder where humans would sit on the food chain.
OH SHI-
From my perspective pretty damn low
and
374367.47361745 years, approximately.
Kakar wrote:
If there is life on that planet, I just wonder where humans would sit on the food chain.
OH SHI-
From my perspective pretty damn low
and
374367.47361745 years, approximately.
No way, dude. Gravity is harsher, so you weigh more.
Atomicflea wrote:
No way, dude. Gravity is harsher, so you weigh more.
It's only 1.6G, it's really not that much more. You could walk there, it'd be like throwing an 80lb backpack on. Life probably would evolve to be shorter if it's land based to keep it's centre of balance closer to the ground, and everything would be a little more muscly (it's a word cause I said so). You might have more non skeletal creatures, then again you might not. There'd probably be more flying creatures due to the thicker atmosphere the extra gravity would create.
Nexa wrote:
Kakar wrote:
Smasharoo wrote:
If there is life on that planet
There isn't.
I'm sure. Still, the thought of possible man-eating amobeas the size of whales prowling the lands tickles me somehow.
Terrifying!
Nexa
I was thinking more along the lines of Gleep and Gloop.
Jophiel wrote:
I managed to be both retarded and entertaining.
Yodabunny wrote:
Atomicflea wrote:
No way, dude. Gravity is harsher, so you weigh more.
It's only 1.6G, it's really not that much more. You could walk there, it'd be like throwing an 80lb backpack on. Life probably would evolve to be shorter if it's land based to keep it's centre of balance closer to the ground, and everything would be a little more muscly (it's a word cause I said so). You might have more non skeletal creatures, then again you might not. There'd probably be more flying creatures due to the thicker atmosphere the extra gravity would create.
Also keep in mind there's a generally pretty decent margin of error when it comes to estimating the mass of planet-sized objects at that kind of distance. I'm not sure exactly how big it is, but I do know that all the 1.6 figure really tells us is that it almost certainly has gravity somewhat higher than Earth's, but not so much higher that it would be deadly for Earth-based life. It's too bad the news outlets don't publish the +/- values when they publish these figures.
The 1.6G is probably pretty accurate. There has to be a pretty significant weight difference to change that number. Basically if they've got the weight they've got the gravity numbers correct (at least to the degree we're looking at). They can tell the weight based on the pull it has on the star so I can't see it being out that much.
You never know though, maybe it's just a bunch of asteroids in the same area that they're seeing.
The one thing that could effect it is whether it's rock or ice. If it's ice it'll be significantly larger. Since gravity is based on mass and distance to the centre it could effect the number.
Edited, Apr 25th 2007 2:09pm by Yodabunny
You never know though, maybe it's just a bunch of asteroids in the same area that they're seeing.
The one thing that could effect it is whether it's rock or ice. If it's ice it'll be significantly larger. Since gravity is based on mass and distance to the centre it could effect the number.
Edited, Apr 25th 2007 2:09pm by Yodabunny
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Nexa wrote:
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
It's only 20 lightyears, we'll make it some day. Could be sooner than you think.
It's only 20 lightyears, we'll make it some day. Could be sooner than you think.
We'll all be loooong dead.
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