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Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - DeusxMac - 04-17-2014
"Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected - a distant, rocky world that's similar in size to our own and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it's not too hot and not too cold for life"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_EARTH_LIKE_PLANET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-17-15-54-45
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-17-2014
500 light-years!
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - Lew Zealand - 04-17-2014
Well, it was Earth like about 500 years ago. It's probably all gone to pot since then.
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - kj4btkljv - 04-17-2014
I'll go check it out.
Who wants to help me make an FTL drive for the ship?
Jeff
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - deckeda - 04-17-2014
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
500 light-years!
TOTAL DEAL-BREAKER FOR ME!
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - Carnos Jax - 04-17-2014
I wonder if we'll ever image these things directly (to where we can make out some features)? Is it a matter of building a telescope large enough (to gather as much light possible)? I think I once read where this kind of thing were impossible (even if you had a large enough telescope)...something to do with the properties of light.
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - The UnDoug - 04-17-2014
Lew Zealand wrote:
Well, it was Earth like about 500 years ago. It's probably all gone to pot since then.
We've already started down that road, as well, in Colorado and Washington! ;-)
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - cbelt3 - 04-18-2014
kj4btkljv wrote:
I'll go check it out.
Who wants to help me make an FTL drive for the ship?
Jeff
Don't know how , but I can do time travel. Like this ...
pow ! I'm in the future !
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - Uncle Wig - 04-18-2014
Best thing is: there's no Belgians there! Belgians ruin everything. Oooh I hate them so much.
:villagers:
Re: Astronomers Spot Most Earth-Like Planet Yet - DeusxMac - 04-18-2014
