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Originally posted by thisguy
This isn't it is it:
www.cnn.com...
if not, when is the press release supposed to happen?
Astronomers using ESO’s world-leading exoplanet hunter HARPS have today announced a rich haul of more than 50 new exoplanets, including 16 super-Earths, one of which orbits at the edge of the habitable zone of its star. By studying the properties of all the HARPS planets found so far, the team has found that about 40% of stars similar to the Sun have at least one planet lighter than Saturn.
Originally posted by ImaFungi
Originally posted by thisguy
This isn't it is it:
www.cnn.com...
if not, when is the press release supposed to happen?
how does a planet orbit 4 suns?
how do 4 suns orbit each other?
Originally posted by TrustEvery1
reply to post by abeverage
Not until tomorrow
Originally posted by IamAbeliever
reply to post by abeverage
Was just on ESO myself. Nothing has changed there. My wife is scheduled for a c-section tomorrow. New baby and a major announcement.
Gonna be one hell of a day.
Originally posted by kryton
Even if we find an exact copy of Earth...
What good is it if we can't get there?
Wouldn't these minds be better used for creating a ship to go explore?
Originally posted by ImaFungi
Originally posted by thisguy
This isn't it is it:
www.cnn.com...
if not, when is the press release supposed to happen?
how does a planet orbit 4 suns?
how do 4 suns orbit each other?
Originally posted by AGWskeptic
I'm keeping an open mind, and I doubt I'll sleep well tonight because a "conservative 8" could easily be a 9 or 10 to me.
The way the information is being released is odd, don't remember a press embargo before with science news.
Originally posted by flexy123
I want to remind people of something: (By the way, this is NOT the current announcement, this is something older...)
Astronomers using ESO’s world-leading exoplanet hunter HARPS have today announced a rich haul of more than 50 new exoplanets, including 16 super-Earths, one of which orbits at the edge of the habitable zone of its star. By studying the properties of all the HARPS planets found so far, the team has found that about 40% of stars similar to the Sun have at least one planet lighter than Saturn.
We already have TONS of "Earth-like" exoplanets www.astrobio.net... So....the discovery of one more (even if Earth-like) would really not be "remarkable".
This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the Sun-like star HD 85512 in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sail). This planet is one of sixteen super-Earths discovered by the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. This planet is about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth and lies at the edge of the habitable zone around the star, where liquid water, and perhaps even life, could potentially exist. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Furthermore, latest research came up with a number of on average 1.6 planets for EACH sun-like star, ok, not all of them might be Earth-like or in the habitable zone even, but would still make billions just in our galaxy alone.edit on 16-10-2012 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)edit on 16-10-2012 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by IamAbeliever
reply to post by abeverage
Was just on ESO myself. Nothing has changed there. My wife is scheduled for a c-section tomorrow. New baby and a major announcement.
Gonna be one hell of a day.
Originally posted by IamAbeliever
reply to post by abeverage
Was just on ESO myself. Nothing has changed there. My wife is scheduled for a c-section tomorrow. New baby and a major announcement.
Gonna be one hell of a day.