Earth-like Planet Discovered!

[Antenna_Boy]

I was listening to the radio this morning, and found it quite amazing to hear that scientists found a planet with similar characteristics to earth, which is about 13 trillion miles away or something like that.

Here is a brief clip of the article:

The planet, named Gliese 581c because it orbits the star Gliese 581, has a radius just 50 percent larger than the Earth, a mass five times greater, orbits its star in 13 days :weird: and—this is the crucial part—had the foresight to pick a star that has just the right characteristics to make its retinue of planets, well, interesting.

The planet orbits at a distance 14 times closer to Gliese 581 than Earth is from our sun. But Gliese 581 is a red dwarf, a class of star that is smaller and colder than our sun—50 times fainter than our sun, to be precise . That means that although the planet orbits a mere 7 million miles away—which ordinarily would be in a zone so torrid that liquid water could not exist and any organic molecules brave enough to form (or land from a passing comet or meteor) would be instantly fried and vaporized—it nevertheless lies in the “habitable zone,” say astronomers.:love:

“We have estimated that the mean temperature of this super-Earth lies between zero and 40 degrees Celsius, and water would thus be liquid,” said Stephane Udry of the Geneva Observatory, one of the discoverers. Models of planetary formation predict that a planet of this size and orbital distance “should be either rocky, like our Earth, or covered with oceans,” he said.:idea:

Anyways, here is the link:cheesy:
Astronomers Discover an Earth-Like Planet - Newsweek Technology - MSNBC.com

Enjoy the read! And perhaps this may prove that we are not alone afterall in this world! I love this sciencey stuff :cry:

[sNyx]

Thats it, im packing up and getting ready to move to beta Earth..

[djmarkpaul]

Good find.

[esoter1c]

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[Gunter S]

bullshit, earth is the only planet talked about in the bible

[Courtney]

so i AM from another planet
I Knew it

[mapleleaf4ever]

Fire up the Hyperdrive!

[sidekick]

i feel the added emoticons really accentuate the science.

[FireWire]

I don't watch TV but has this story been shown on TV? Cause if it's just an internet article then I doubt its validity...

I hope it's true though. :)

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by FireWire

I don't watch TV but has this story been shown on TV? Cause if it's just an internet article then I doubt its validity...

I hope it's true though. :)

i read about it in the globe and mail.

[Chewy]

Originally Posted by FireWire

I don't watch TV but has this story been shown on TV? Cause if it's just an internet article then I doubt its validity...

I hope it's true though. :)

it was on the news last night on global tv. They even had a computer generated picture of what it might look like. Im totaly convinced.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by FireWire

I don't watch TV but has this story been shown on TV? Cause if it's just an internet article then I doubt its validity...

I hope it's true though. :)

I judge truth through the medium it is delivered also.

That's why I AM A COMPLETE IDIOT !11!!!

[lildonkey]

Originally Posted by Courtney

so i AM from another planet
I Knew it

I knew you were a long time ago too.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Courtney

so i AM from another planet
I Knew it

Stupid isn't a planet.

[Antenna_Boy]

Just think about the possibilities. Apparently the scientists are also getting ready to launch a probe to the distant planet to do a more in-depth analysis so that they might be able to explore the myth of other living beings outside our solar system. Unlike the face on Mars news, this one looks quite promising to reveal more to life than meets the eye.

Forget mission to Mars, let's go for a mission to New Earth Planet...one which may have no pollution and real oxygen in its atmosphere! Prepare the Hyperdrive!! :D

[Séguin]

I heard about this this morning.

Originally Posted by My!es

Thats it, im packing up and getting ready to move to beta Earth..

You won't arrive untill long after your dead. Its 20 light years away. We havn't hit light speed yet.

[BongMan]

I loved this quote "The discovery immediately boosted the odds that humans are not alone in the universe. London bookies duly took note, lowering the odds on extraterrestrial life from 1,000-to-1 to 100-to-1."


Gotta love the english

[radha]

I read about this planet a week ago.

Given that the planet circles around a red sun, and it's covered with clouds, might that not be the planet Krypton?

According to my sources, Krypton is supposed to be more massive than earth revolving around a red sun.

Oh wait! It's supposed to be a red giant. The sun mentioned in the article is a red dwarf.

Damn. No Kal-El on that planet.:evil:

[crookedking]

i bet the natives of that world have a better name than Gliese 581c.

[radha]

my crazy friend claims he's been there.

[decypher]

Originally Posted by 3507321C

I judge truth through the medium it is delivered also.

Sounds like first year communications heh.

[lildonkey]

Originally Posted by radha

my crazy friend claims he's been there.

You should go visit him and not come back.

[Felix]

I was watching an episode of Nova (or a similar show on discovery channel I think) and it was on the fact that scientists have basically ruled out the possibility of life on other planets because of the orbits of the planets around the star they're near.
Basically when one planet has been evolving along just fine and there's the possibility of "ideal situations" for carbon based, water dependant life forms to live on the planet some other planet or moon in the vicinity will screw up the "ideal situation". Either a larger planet will block out the ideal planet from the sun rays for just long enough to cause a mini ice-age. Or a moon's orbit will interfere with the planets orbit and cause it to move just far enough towards the sun to mess things up. Etc. Etc.
It was a pretty educational show. It showed just how fragile and unlikely life on earth really is and just how much of a balance is needed for things to even 'start' to become ideal and then how the balance has to stay just right to actually go anywhere.

It was something I found real interesting, just thought I'd pass it on since it related to this post.

I dunno if I think there's is life on other planets, I haven't made up my mind yet. If there is and we find out about it that would be sweet. But if not then oh well. But if people are able to make money while searching for aliens and have fun doing it then all the power to them. I think it'd be a rad carreer, sorta.

[Antenna_Boy]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i bet the natives of that world have a better name than Gliese 581c.

Get ready for Star Wars Episode 3.5 heheh...or a new movie: "Lost In Space 2: Because Someone Named a Planet Called Gliese 581c! " :cry: