thanks for sharing. a bit off topic, but maybe it's the diet i'm on, but Tau Ceti sounds delicious.

Thanks for posting.

12 light years is pretty close on the cosmic scale.

It will be interesting learning all the info from these exoplanet discoveries.

It amazes me that not too long ago, we weren't even sure if other planets existed out there. Now we are finding them at an ever increasing scale.

Cool stuff! S & F!

wow. just avoid tau ceti 5.

all we have to hope is that khan doesn't put an mind altering creature in checkov's ear, take over the kobayashi maru, warp to earth and declare war.

or was gene roddenberry a modern day nostradamus, and we are actually in the year 2535, humanity is enslaved via a matrix type system, the genetic wars really happened (ww2), hitler won, propaganda has been perfected, and a certain type of humanity travels the universe and has unbelievable technology like seen on star trek, to live freely, comfortably and luxuriously in space.

This is incredible.

Though, like the good ole Matrix said, the human race is like a cancer. We would just destroy this planet, probably at an even faster rate and rape it of its resources

Originally posted by tonybotzo
thanks for sharing. a bit off topic, but maybe it's the diet i'm on, but Tau Ceti sounds delicious.

star for making me laugh lol

Originally posted by randomname
wow. just avoid tau ceti 5.

all we have to hope is that khan doesn't put an mind altering creature in checkov's ear, take over the kobayashi maru, warp to earth and declare war.

or was gene roddenberry a modern day nostradamus, and we are actually in the year 2535, humanity is enslaved via a matrix type system, the genetic wars really happened (ww2), hitler won, propaganda has been perfected, and a certain type of humanity travels the universe and has unbelievable technology like seen on star trek, to live freely, comfortably and luxuriously in space.

That was Ceti Alpha 6 and Ceti Alpha 5 . Khan was exiled by Captain Kirk to Ceti Alpha 5, which was a nice enough planet at the time, but when Ceti Alpha 6 was destroyed by some catstrophe, Ceti Alpha 5's orbit shifted, and made Ceti Alpha 5 a nasty place to live. Khan's wife died when the plante turned nasty, and Khan blamed captain kirk, swearing revenge.

Star Trek called the star "Ceti Alpha", but if they were really trying to name it after the real star, the proper name would be "Alpha Ceti", and the planet Khan was on would be Alpha Ceti 5.

By the way, Alpha Ceti is a relatively bright star (2nd brightest star in Cetus), and has been given a proper name -- "Menkar". Menkar is not know to have any planets.