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The planet lies in what they describe as a 'habitable zone', neither too near its sun to dry out or too far away which freezes it.
And the discovery could help answer the question of whether we are alone in the universe, which has been plagued astronomers and alien fanatics for years.
Scientists found the planet, Gliese 667Cc, orbiting around a red dwarf star, 22 light years away from the earth.
Originally posted by GmoS719
I'm getting tired of the "New Planet Capable of Supporting Life" headlines.
Originally posted by holywar666
Originally posted by GmoS719
I'm getting tired of the "New Planet Capable of Supporting Life" headlines.
As you should be, because most likely.........they aren't finding ANYTHING. New planet this, new planet that, million planets here, billion planets there, blah blah blah.
All a hoax. Take us out of the damn fishbowl already.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.
At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist. The numbers were extrapolated from the early results of NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope.
Originally posted by SilentKoala
I think it's fascinating that even though we're only able to observe a tiny fraction of a percent of the whole universe, we're still able to find life-supporting planets when we look. Image how many of these are out there that we can't see.
For the intelligent-design believers - I have a hard time believing that whatever being(s) created the universe created such a vast place and then only decided to create life on this one isolated planet on the outskirts of a minor galaxy, leaving the rest of the universe to be largely irrelevant.
For those who believe in atheistic evolution - I think that if intelligent life were able to evolve here, it's statistically pretty likely it has evolved somewhere else as well. There are most likely planets out there that are more hospitable for life that Earth.
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Originally posted by henryleo
if a super rich entrepreneur (and I mean SUPER rich) builds himself a space craft and somehow gets himself to one of these hospitable planets - can he then claim the entire planet for himself or his company? (assuming there arent intelligent creatures already there)
Does anyone know if we have rules for independent space colonization yet?
I am thinking future resort worlds ... and prison planets.... and mining/farming colonies.... all the things that rich guys like to throw money at, but expanded onto a celestial scale - its both beautiful and disgusting at the same time!