wow..earth like planet found..

[CB7H22Los]

scientist say "odds of life to be found there are 100%!"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39427032

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100930/...sci_new_earths

very exciting times...now lets send a probe over there!

[magicdragon]

wow i wonder how far and long it'll take to get to it

[CB7H22Los]

like 120 million light years...i doubt we will ever be able to get there..even if we send a prob that would be millions of years..

[quaidum]

according to msnbc
the star that gives it heat and light is only 20 light years away

one light year is about 6 trillion miles(10 trillion km)

but the yahoo link says 120 trillion miles as opposed to 80 trillion

which one is more creditable

[Pandemic]

That's pretty crazy. 120 years going the speed of light. You'd need 2 or 3 generations just to get there.

[CB7H22Los]

we need to get that warp drive back online!..nonetheless its exciting to read...i wonder if we can send hubble to take pics?? or is it too far?

[LadyG]

If you are traveling at the speed of light, to the outside world it would take 120 years.
To the people in the ship, it would actually seem like less time.

(There is a formula to figure out how long it would seem to take for the travelers; but while I "get" relativity, I'm not that effin smart.)

So, we could actually get there in 1 generation. If we started them as infants in a space ship. The might have aged 50-80 years by the time they get there.

[bcjammerx]

there are billions of earth like planets

[steelbluesleepR]

there are billions of earth like planets

ok, sure, but this is the first one they have proven exists.

[Leung]

If you are traveling at the speed of light, to the outside world it would take 120 years.
To the people in the ship, it would actually seem like less time.

(There is a formula to figure out how long it would seem to take for the travelers; but while I "get" relativity, I'm not that effin smart.)

So, we could actually get there in 1 generation. If we started them as infants in a space ship. The might have aged 50-80 years by the time they get there.

This is why we need to perfect the art of cryonics. We need to just freeze a crap load of people and then ship then off, then wake their asses up when they get close.

[ric3rboi23]

colonize that shit before the zerg get there.

[Leung]

colonize that shit before the zerg get there.

Yeah so long as it doesn't turn into Starship Troopers...

[Mista Juice]

so they are saying all this stuff just because of the distance it is from their "sun"?

i mean this is cool and all, but they seem to have a made a lot of generalizations only from that one fact..

[steelbluesleepR]

so they are saying all this stuff just because of the distance it is from their "sun"?

i mean this is cool and all, but they seem to have a made a lot of generalizations only from that one fact..

many stars have a "golden zone" where the conditions are similar to our own planet. just a few ten-thousand miles each way will make a HUGE difference in the climate on the planet. also, they are not explaining everything the researchers did to come to these conclusions, msnbc is not a research journal in which to publish papers. it is just a way of getting the news out there, there is much more information to be had by looking into it further.

[Mista Juice]

many stars have a "golden zone" where the conditions are similar to our own planet. just a few ten-thousand miles each way will make a HUGE difference in the climate on the planet. also, they are not explaining everything the researchers did to come to these conclusions, msnbc is not a research journal in which to publish papers. it is just a way of getting the news out there, there is much more information to be had by looking into it further.

the yahoo article actually seems more informative to me..

and yeah, i understand, but being that far away lets me think that they are just throwin possibilities out there.. im not saying its not possible, because im sure it is, but i just think they are getting a little ahead of themselves..