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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by anthbes
This isn't a search for life. It is a search for planets.
We do not have the technology to search for life in other systems, even around the closest stars.
edit on 11/29/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Kepler and the Search for Life in Our Galaxy09.15.09 There are so many stars in our galaxy that even if planets with complex life (animals and plants) are rare – say one for every billion stars – there could still be dozens here in the Milky Way. But we are just beginning to learn about worlds beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, so we really don't have a good idea of what the chances are for advanced life. That's where NASA's Kepler mission comes in.
The Kepler mission seeks to detect Earth-like, i.e., rocky planets in our galaxy within the habitable zone of their parent stars, by looking for planetary transit events.
Originally posted by FidelityMusic
reply to post by yourmaker
Thanks for the educational session but you seemed to have taken the post literal while disregarding the point.
Originally posted by Helmkat
Thanks for the update OP. I have to express some shock at some of the jaded responces in this thread. This is big news. A rocky planet in a goldilocks zone-confirmed. Sure it doesn't rotate and you have a birthday every month (how does that rock your noggin) but none the less there would be a zone of "twilight" (sans sparkly vampires) of considerable size that could support all kinds of life and if life takes hold it would be really interesting to see how it would evolve to take advantage of the more extreme enviroments.
Pure speculation of course but fun!
Originally posted by FidelityMusic
Not too excited about this thread. They've said this many times...
"The New Earth"
"A new planet was found 25 galaxies from Earth that might be able to sustain life. The temperature is just right on the planet."
"It'll take us 100 years to get there. So we'll never know."
Originally posted by TylerDurden2U
reply to post by Vitchilo
we must bring democracy, and capitalist theory to them! Send Hillary!