Alien Earth 13 light years away

[brainhulk]

http://news.yahoo.com/closest-alien-earth-may-13-light-years-away-225759935.html

wow someone send a spaceship now :biggrin:

 

[diesbudt]

Already on it.

 

[IronWing]

wow someone send a spaceship now :biggrin:

...loaded with nukes. If they're anything like us you know they will do the same thing. We have to get them before they get us. They've seen our broadcasts of Laverne and Shirley, they know what we're capable of.

 

[tontod]

So that's the Vulcan homeworld.

 

[slayer202]

crazy how far away that is, and how close it is, relatively.

there's nothing there, though. if life on those types of planets were so common, we would probably know about it. there would be some crazy alien mofos running around somewhere

 

[manimal]

i wonder if their socialists

 

[Red Storm]

crazy how far away that is, and how close it is, relatively.

there's nothing there, though. if life on those types of planets were so common, we would probably know about it. there would be some crazy alien mofos running around somewhere

Because life would have to develop exactly the same way and in the same time frame as our planet?

 

[manimal]

Because life would have to develop exactly the same way and in the same time frame as our planet?

its the pastafarian lost tribe!

the rigatonis!

 

[slayer202]

Because life would have to develop exactly the same way and in the same time frame as our planet?

eh, I meant somewhat evolved life. considering the title is "alien earth." some creepy crawlers maybe

I suppose some sort of "life" is possible

 

[baydude]

If our space shuttle can travel 20k mph, how long will it take to get there?

 

[Tequila]

Maybe peeps on the alien planet solved warp drive already and are on the way to Earth?

 

[brainhulk]

If our space shuttle can travel 20k mph, how long will it take to get there?

If my Winnebago can go ludicrous speed? how long will it take to get there?

 

[Puddle Jumper]

If our space shuttle can travel 20k mph, how long will it take to get there?

Long enough that it might as well never get there.

 

[slayer202]

If our space shuttle can travel 20k mph, how long will it take to get there?

only 436150 years

 

[skyking]

If our space shuttle can travel 20k mph, how long will it take to get there?

less than 10,000 years
edit: ah crap I forgot a multiplier in there

 

[SaurusX]

Given the time window of how long "intelligent" life has been on Earth, the likelihood of the Alien Earth also having "intelligent" life at the same time is practically nil. That means it's ours for the taking!!!

 

[AstroManLuca]

If our space shuttle can travel 20k mph, how long will it take to get there?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+long+does+it+take+to+go+13+light+years+at+20,000+mph

435,909 years.

 

[airdata]

Maybe peeps on the alien planet solved warp drive already and are on the way to Earth?

Nope, they visited P&N and turned around.

 

[mrCide]

I don't doubt for a second there are tons of Earths everywhere with life, maybe some not as primed as ours, maybe some well beyond. One thing for sure is none of them have figured out how to break or approach light speed or we'd probably know by now.

Maybe it will never happen and the planet will go extinct before we see it happen, and same goes for those planets.

IMHO of course.

 

[yhelothar]

Voyager 1 has only gone 33 light hours.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I wonder if they will have rice cookers on their planet.

 

[JTsyo]

eh, I meant somewhat evolved life. considering the title is "alien earth." some creepy crawlers maybe

I suppose some sort of "life" is possible

think of the timescales. Say the dinosaurs had become intelligent and got as far Roman tech before they died. Even if it took 1 million years for each cycle there has been enough time for hundreds of civilization to evolve and die just on earth.

Now with another planet, who knows how old it is or at what stage it is at. Not only are we separated from any life forms there by space but also time.

 

[Connoisseur]

I don't doubt for a second there are tons of Earths everywhere with life, maybe some not as primed as ours, maybe some well beyond. One thing for sure is none of them have figured out how to break or approach light speed or we'd probably know by now.

Maybe it will never happen and the planet will go extinct before we see it happen, and same goes for those planets.

IMHO of course.

That's not necessarily true. Even if a civilization broke the speed of light barrier through some cool science-y way, it doesn't mean that we'd have heard of them. The galaxy is a damn big place. Even with FTL technology, what're the odds that they would have discovered this tiny speck in this remote corner of the galaxy right about now?

 

[AstroManLuca]

That's not necessarily true. Even if a civilization broke the speed of light barrier through some cool science-y way, it doesn't mean that we'd have heard of them. The galaxy is a damn big place. Even with FTL technology, what're the odds that they would have discovered this tiny speck in this remote corner of the galaxy right about now?

And I would imagine that, if FTL technology is even possible, it's still more difficult to travel longer distances than shorter ones. I mean, maybe 1 in 100 civilizations are smart enough and last long enough to develop FTL travel - out of those, how many are able to go more than a few hundred light years in any direction? How many are able to travel significant distances within our galaxy? How many can travel to other galaxies?

 

[Agent11]

No need to go faster than light.

13 light years away would only take a ship a little over 5 years travel time with 1g constant acceleration half the way there and 1g deceleration for the latter half.

Although on earth it would appear to take almost 14 years to get there due to relativity.

You would think we wouldn't be too far from being able to launch a unmanned probe capable of such a trip.