'Goldilocks planet' found! |
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MartinW
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Posted: 01 Oct 2010 at 8:46am |
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Seems this guy orbits in the so called 'Goldilocks zone'. Hence it's possible suitability for life.
It orbits a red dwarf though, so one side always faces the sun, and one side always away, so you wouldn't want to be circumnavigating, unless you like being frozen followed by roasted.
Anyway, it could be the most 'Earth like' planet yet discovered. And when you considered that our capability to detect planets around stars is relatively new, and we have discovered this guy so quickly, it could signify that earth-like planets are very common. Unless we've been unbelievably lucky of course.
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crmathie
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Is there any one out there
If they do find a planet that is able to allow us to live on they will only just like they have with this one ie bombs, war, Co gas and god knows what else.
Col.
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Magic Man
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They are of course referring to life - as we know it...
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Rich
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...Jim
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MartinW
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They are... you could of course conjure up all kinds of beyond belief lifeforms existing in unbelievably inhospitable places. However, we are looking for the most likely planets that will support life, because we know life like that on our planet exists and what is required for it to exist.
It would make no sense to glance at the heavens, and say look, there's a red dwarf, there could be super weird lifeforms that live in the centre of a star. That would be utilizing our imaginations to the extreme, rather than looking for environments we "know" life can exist in.
Stretching our imaginations to the limit tells us nothing. Identifying worlds like ours that we know can definitely support life tells us much more. It tells us that life [and super exotic silicone based life etc, is purely theoretical, our carbon based life is fact] is likley.
Scientists don't rule out super exotic lifeforms, they just concentrate on what we are capable of proving or at least amassing evidence on.
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MartinW
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Don't worry, we couldn't get there. Unless you have just invented hyperdrive.
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Bradpl6
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Ahh yes, however Goldilocks and the three bears might have been living on that planet for billions of years longer than us on this one, So they might come and get us |
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"Helm warp 9 engage!" Or if you're a starwars fan "punch it chewie" *sound of something breaking and winding down in the background*. |
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MartinW
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In which case, whether we knew their planet existed or not would be irrelevant.
If they knew we were hear, and had the incredible technology to get to Earth, then they would do so if they wanted to whether we "knew they existed" or not.
Just us knowing their planet is there, doesn't alert them to our presence. We would have to send them a hello... which wouldn't get there for an awfully long time.
Applies to any super smart aliens out there.
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Heinz57
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Well funnily enough.... |
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Jazz that's not a drawer its a trash compactor. And when Uncle Phil sees this it'll be a Jazz Compactor
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VulcanB2
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+1 I'm amazed at how closed-minded they are. Best regards, Vulcan. |
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MartinW
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No they aren't Pointy.
They're not closed minded in the least. Scientists frequently contemplate exotic lifeforms, even the silicone based notion you watched on Star Trek.
The next time you watch a Discovery documentary about such weirdness, it will be NASA scientists suggesting the weird life-form notions.
They are attempting to find worlds with environments we know can support life. Not worlds with an environment that we think maybe, possibly, with a stretch of the imagination might support life... But then on the other hand might not. That would be daft wouldn't it.
Exotic life-form theories came from scientists in the first place.
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papeg
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I've heard somewhere that this planet is most likely inhabited by bears.
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MartinW
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And they eat porridge apparently.
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