NASA Finds Another Planet Similar To Earth

[colchar]

It looks like NASA has found an even more promising candidate:

World News: A new Earth? NASA finds eerily familiar planet outside solar system - thestar.com

 

[Syrus]

I've read that earlier somewhere. How do I upload a picture?

I think planet they mentioned is Gliese 581C.
I've read this in a physics magazine from the Netherlands.

Gliese 581 c - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EDIT:
just 192 trillion miles away. Better fill that gas tank up good.

 

[rcole_sooner]

I saw that on Space today.

NASA Telescope Confirms Alien Planet in Habitable Zone

...The new finds bring the Kepler space telescope's total haul to 2,326 potential planets in its first 16 months of operation.These discoveries, if confirmed, would quadruple the current tally of worlds known to exist beyond our solar system...

 

[PapaSquash]

does it have a big moon?

Tides matter.

 

[Luckynumber3]

Just reading about it at the same time as strolling into the forum.

Kepler Team Confirms First Earth-like Planet in a Habitable Zone, And Finds 1,094 More Worlds | Popular Science

Looks big though, so you would have to be genetically modified or soemthing to handle the extra gravity.

 

[GuitarToneFreak]

Yay! So now when we totally fvck up Earth even worse than we have, we have a backup plan!

 

[Lyrica]

Yay! So now when we totally fvck up Earth even worse than we have, we have a backup plan!

we can't even get to mars, how are we supposed to get there? i think i would hesitate to book a flight there just yet

 

[Caleb]

That's pretty cool.

 

[rcole_sooner]

does it have a big moon?

Tides matter.

Life on Alien Planets May Not Require a Large Moon After All

 

[colchar]

I've read that earlier somewhere. How do I upload a picture?

I think planet they mentioned is Gliese 581C.
I've read this in a physics magazine from the Netherlands.

Gliese 581 c - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EDIT:
just 192 trillion miles away. Better fill that gas tank up good.

They recently found two of them, this one is a third one and seems more like Earth than the other two.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Cool. Looking forward to more details.

 

[Engel]

That new Keplar telescope is pretty badass. It has discovered so many possible life sustaining planets since it's launch. I was reading about it today in an outdated popular mechanics. The habitable zone they're referring to is also called "the goldilocks zone". It's not far enough from a star to freeze and not too close to burn up but juuuust right. The russians believe we will find life in under ice oceans on several different moons within 20 years. They are experimenting with drilling at this station right now.
Vostok Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[leftyguitarman]

This is so cool!

 

[Archtop 13]

Remember when our parents thought there were Martians

It's great to see we are still moving forward with exploration! Love this stuff!

 

[msfenderarg]

It's starting to make sense now, huh?

 

[0x00]

http://i.imgur.com/yb17A.jpg

We're, unique just like everyone else.

 

[Rankelson]

Would finding intelligent Alien life
Make the human race feel vulnerable?
An advanced,evolved being
may be ambivalent towards us

 

[Syrus]

looky here.

 

[Syrus]

If we have to go. I want to fly a spaceship formed like a flying V. Just like in Daft Punk's Digital love. Lets raise some money to build one

 

[SteveGangi]

Just reading about it at the same time as strolling into the forum.

Kepler Team Confirms First Earth-like Planet in a Habitable Zone, And Finds 1,094 More Worlds | Popular Science

Looks big though, so you would have to be genetically modified or soemthing to handle the extra gravity.

Krypton