CNN: NASA Finds Earth v2.0!

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A new planet-hunting technique has detected the most Earth-like planet yet around a star other than our sun, raising hopes of finding a space rock that might support life, astronomers reported on Wednesday.

 

[ITJunkie]

Cool...

 

[SagaLore]

planet++

Early in my childhood when I first got interested in space, I could have sworn that astronomers were having a tough time detecting any other planets at all. I remember being told that our solar system was very unique and other stars didn't have planets. Am I recalling incorrectly?

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
planet++

Early in my childhood when first got interested in space, I could have sworn that astronomers were having a tough time detecting any other planets at all. I remember being told that our solar system was very unique and other starts didn't have planets. Am I recalling incorrectly?

Oooo and I was just watching X-Files last nite.

 

[BDawg]

I wonder if this planet is older or younger than Earth's 5000 years old?

 

[trmiv]

OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb. Doesn't have the same ring that "Earth" does.

 

[FoBoT]

it depends on what your definition of "Close" is

 

[Proletariat]

Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

 

[Baked]

Would be great if the planet is filled w/ petroleum.

Originally posted by: BDawg
I wonder if this planet is older or younger than Earth's 5000 years old?

:roll:

 

[Xylitol]

Psh good luck with that

 

[imported_Trippin315]

Originally posted by: BDawg
I wonder if this planet is older or younger than Earth's 4.6 billion years old?

Fixed

 

[DaShen]

Old news... Was in Scientific American about 3 months ago.

 

[Shadowknight]

Venus would be very earth-like if it hadn't been so close to the sun. The heat causes the atmosphere to be in a peculiar gaseous state, with the side-effect of being extremely acidic.

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
planet++

Early in my childhood when first got interested in space, I could have sworn that astronomers were having a tough time detecting any other planets at all. I remember being told that our solar system was very unique and other starts didn't have planets. Am I recalling incorrectly?

heh depends..how old are you? Not to be rude but if that was like 20 years ago sure...if it was 5 years ago..probably not

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Trippin315

Originally posted by: BDawg
I wonder if this planet is older or younger than Earth's 4.6 billion years old?

Fixed

Isn't it 6.4 billion years.

4.6 is PreCambrian.

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

Makes you think about how insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

 

[Syrch]

hey question...20,000 light years...we aren't going to shuttle there any time soon. What type of technology would we need to get there and is it so far advanced for us that its not even a reality?

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Syrch
hey question...20,000 light years...we aren't going to shuttle there any time soon. What type of technology would we need to get there and is it so far advanced for us that its not even a reality?

We'll get there as soon as somebody's smart enough to prove that objects don't stop when they reach the speed of light.

 

[MisterJackson]

I call dibs and name it Bob!

 

[Syrch]

does that mean that i can't just say they don't? That i actually have to prove also?

 

[KillyKillall]

Are there martian babes on it?

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

Makes you think about how insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

I actually started to do some research on this stuff the other day and when i saw where in the milky way the sun was and just how small it was and that it would take 1 million earths to form the size of the sun i realized...damn we are nothing in the aspect of the universe. The Takes 1 million earths to form the sun, the sun is a single star in our solar system, our solar system is a very small portion of our galaxy, our galaxy is nothing more than a spec in the universe....just creepy to really think about it.

just look for yourself...

http://starsoverkansas.org/images/Milky_Way_galaxy_sun05.jpeg

 

[Shawn]

20,000 light years away? Even if we were able to reach the speed of light, that's still a hell of a long time!

 

[Syrch]

They put this on the space shuttles dash boards for the astronauts You are here

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: Syrch

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

Makes you think about how insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

I actually started to do some research on this stuff the other day and when i saw where in the milky way the sun was and just how small it was and that it would take 1 million earths to form the size of the sun i realized...damn we are nothing in the aspect of the universe. The Takes 1 million earths to form the sun, the sun is a single star in our solar system, our solar system is a very small portion of our galaxy, our galaxy is nothing more than a spec in the universe....just creepy to really think about it.

just look for yourself...

http://starsoverkansas.org/images/Milky_Way_galaxy_sun05.jpeg

Wow thats a great image.