Source

Everyone knew this was coming, but it's still cool to hear it.  A planet that is only 2.4 times the size of Earth has been found in the right zone to support liquid water (and by extention life).  Not much is known about it yet, but we know it is rougly the right size and in the right area. 

and only 600 light years away!  :)

Quote - and only 600 light years away!  :)

come on....only? lol Thats awesome tho. I was reading about that earlier.

Quote - > Quote - and only 600 light years away!  :)

come on....only? lol Thats awesome tho. I was reading about that earlier.

Wormhole. Short trip...lol.

That is really neat. I hadn't heart about it. Thanks WC!

Laurie

So, um, it might have blown up 100 years ago and we won't know about that for another 500 years, right? :blink: I'm impressed! :lol:

Quote - So, um, it might have blown up 100 years ago and we won't know about that for another 500 years, right? :blink: I'm impressed! :lol:

That might be what they are thinking about us.  Of course, knowing us, they might not be wrong.

Hmmm.....

Keppler is starting to produce 'goldilocks zone' results.

At the same time, we have the current apparent ftl behavior of the neutrino experiment.....which still seems to be holding up well enough that Fermi and at least one other lab are in the process of replicating the experiment (yes, there are lots of theories why it can't be happening...but as one scientist has pointed out, no one has yet -proved- that it isn't happening, found the math error yet to be corrected, or the McGuffin the the experiement or equipment that is throwing everything out the window. Like the last nay-say, where it was shown that superluminal neutrino's are supposed to shed energy as electron/positron pairs....which these superluminals aren't doing. But then to date, no one has ever =seen= a true superluminal neutrino, so no one can say exactly what they would do.....just what the math suggests they will do to keep the math happy). If it turns out that these neutrinos are going superluminal without an insane amount of energy or focused gravity, then every bit of math built up on the rigid interpretation of 'c' goes in the crapper....

Interesting juxtaposition of disparate yet related events, isn't it? 

Maybe someone is telling us to stop studying the lint in our navels and wailing about it, and start looking outward like the explorers we truly are.... 

Quote - Hmmm.....

 

Keppler is starting to produce 'goldilocks zone' results.

At the same time, we have the current apparent ftl behavior of the neutrino experiment.....which still seems to be holding up well enough that Fermi and at least one other lab are in the process of replicating the experiment (yes, there are lots of theories why it can't be happening...but as one scientist has pointed out, no one has yet -proved- that it isn't happening, found the math error yet to be corrected, or the McGuffin the the experiement or equipment that is throwing everything out the window. Like the last nay-say, where it was shown that superluminal neutrino's are supposed to shed energy as electron/positron pairs....which these superluminals aren't doing. But then to date, no one has ever =seen= a true superluminal neutrino, so no one can say exactly what they would do.....just what the math suggests they will do to keep the math happy). If it turns out that these neutrinos are going superluminal without an insane amount of energy or focused gravity, then every bit of math built up on the rigid interpretation of 'c' goes in the crapper....

Interesting juxtaposition of disparate yet related events, isn't it? 

 

Maybe someone is telling us to stop studying the lint in our navels and wailing about it, and start looking outward like the explorers we truly are.... 

Wonder if you can get an unlimited interstellar plan for a smartphone?

You probably can, but the rates will kill you.

Dibs.

Quote - So, um, it might have blown up 100 years ago and we won't know about that for another 500 years, right? :blink: I'm impressed! :lol:

Yep, that's my thinking too!  By the time we see anything in our space, it's likely already not there.  

Too bad science can't come up with anything that is more accurate in viewing space in more real time.

Well, you know what a light years is, don't you, huh, huh, huh? :biggrin:

It's the same as a regular year except ... :blink:

... it has fewer calories ! :lol:

(sorry, couldn't resist.)

Read the article..... interesting, but pure speculation. But then again, science fiction is called science these days.... the only difference is the degree, but they're both telling us the same thing.

Where are Capt Kirk and Mr Smartears when you need them???????

But?? There is hope??
In Switserland they are prooving Einstein was wrong.. So? ? ?

Quote - In Switserland they are prooving Einstein was wrong.. So? ? ?

I suggest to read this paper before trying to enlist in Star Fleet.

Quote - Source

Everyone knew this was coming, but it's still cool to hear it.  A planet that is only 2.4 times the size of Earth has been found in the right zone to support liquid water (and by extention life).  Not much is known about it yet, but we know it is rougly the right size and in the right area. 

Not to nitpick (ok, I am) It's 2.4 times the radius of earth, meaning its whopping big compared to us. I'm surprised it's so cool...only 22C. I'd expect something that size would be more like venus due to a thicker atmosphere.

Quote - Well, you know what a light years is, don't you, huh, huh, huh? :biggrin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's the same as a regular year except ... :blink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... it has fewer calories ! :lol:

 

(sorry, couldn't resist.)

 :lol: I can't help it.. I laughed :P

@ Kimberly ................... 4U!

BTW - Do U know what "honeymoon" salad is? :blink:

We all see these reports of UFOs and wonder if another life form will contact us. My feeling is the day we decide to push outside of our known solar system will be the day these life forms make contact with us.....to stop us. Any intelligent life from another world that has any sense at all will not allow a war-like, self destructive species as our own to spread destruction to other worlds.

Quote - Not to nitpick (ok, I am) It's 2.4 times the radius of earth, meaning its whopping big compared to us. I'm surprised it's so cool...only 22C. I'd expect something that size would be more like venus due to a thicker atmosphere.

Depends on a lot of factors, though... what's the atmosphere made of, how thick is it, exactly, how much solar (okay, Keplarian) radiation does it get, etc. 

As far as life? Certainly possible, and I daresay probable. Is it sentient life? Who knows? Getting there (or getting here from there) would be a one very ugly commute, unless someone (on either side of the line) has managed to come up with FTL technology, or has enough skill and power to crack open a wormhole. Not really likely.

So far, our 'radiation bubble' of radio and other electromagnetic traffic has only gotten out to around 100 light years or so. It'll be another 400 years before anyone on that side of it would receive the original RMS Titanic SOS call... assuming the signal hasn't weakened and diffused down to mere background noise by that point. 

Long story short, nobody there (assuming anything sentient lives there) knows we're here, and nobody here knows beyond highly educated guesswork that the planet is there, and at that size and temperature.

I'm sincerely hoping someone finds something a whole lot closer, say within 10-15 light years, since that would actually be somewhat within our (extreme) reach, and be one hell of an incentive to actually start reaching out.

UFO are demons from the hollow earth. I read it in a magazine, same one that used to have Bat-boy !  

A nutrino drive would get you there just a tiny bit faster than lightspeed.

Geep, and here I thought a light year was when you drank lite beers a year...

:p

As an aside, do those FTL neutrinos arrive in a younger state? 

The article did say however that it could be something like neptune say,which has a lot of gas which is many times bigger than earth but its mass would be nearer,but it is in the right position,you never know there could be moons around it which could be good spots too.

As for physics at the moment it seems like supersymmetry will end up throwing up new physics first i think as increasing number of experiments prove that the standard model is wrong which is helping to answer the old question of why everything we can see is only something like 6% of the stuff thats in the universe. Exciting Stuff!

Quote - @ Kimberly ................... 4U!

BTW - Do U know what "honeymoon" salad is? :blink:

.......I'm a little scared....but no..what is it? :blink:

Don't be scared   ... The Doc never wants to hurt anyone.

Honeymoon salad is just ... Lettuce alone and no dressing. :lol: