7 new planets discovered; may be like Earth

Eichhörnchen · 02-23-17, 04:06 AM

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...rappist-1-star

Von Due · 02-23-17, 06:11 AM

One thing that is of great interest is the fact that planets are discovered at all and not just hypothesized. The increase in tech level just the past decade or so that makes it possible to in some cases get pictures of exoplanets, is truly remarkable.

As for the Quest for alien life forms, well, got to get out there first. Sitting here won't give us anything to discover. Unfortunately, interstellar travel is slightly more complicated than Star Trek wants us to believe.

ValoWay · 02-23-17, 06:40 AM

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An obvious answer would be to suggest that the problem is too open-ended. It's possible that even if we poured huge amounts of money into the search, nothing would be found. Bookies can't give sensible odds for success, even to those willing to gamble. Other countries are just being practical.

yea, very unusual to find 7 planets which could maintain life in only one system. Tbh though, I would rather see NASA or ESA report finds of large veins of metals and other resources on asteroids, for example. We need to find more incentives for companies to go up there just like back in colonial times. Colonization would probably have been a whole lot slower without sugar in the Caribbean or gold in south america.

Another huge problem is that the general public doesn't really like science, because of its short attention span! The problem with the world we live in nowadays is that we can get all information we want in a matter of seconds. When an earthquake happens somewhere in Mongolia everyone will in a matter of hours know about it as long as someone decides that it is worth reporting.. Now, because of that, expecting people to wait realistically decades for a thing to happen like technology for faster space travel, for example, or the discovery of alien life will only create frustration and disappointment. We see things like the discovery of the new world from a very well researched point of view but think about the people which actually lived in those days. Things didn't happen immediately back then either which is simply something people nowadays have a hard time with to grasp and rather call things impossible or unrealistic..

An interesting article about that topic here:
http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/space/on...n-life-n698706

Jimbuna · 02-23-17, 06:40 AM

Be interesting to see how long before anyone from this planet pays a visit seeing as how a one-way ticket is 30+ life years.

Commander Wallace · 02-23-17, 08:39 AM

This is a great find. Now all you need is a faster than light drive system to get there. I'm sure they will find other planets as time goes by in the " Goldilocks Zone ".

ikalugin · 02-23-17, 01:04 PM

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Tbh though, I would rather see NASA or ESA report finds of large veins of metals and other resources on asteroids, for example.

Better still they go and develop a new type of engine with high ISP and thrust to mass ratio. 40k ISP and t/m ratio of 20 would work perfectly.

02-23-17, 01:29 PM

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7 new planets discovered; may be like Earth

My commiserations to the inhabitants...

AVGWarhawk · 02-23-17, 02:24 PM

These planets are nothing like earth. Where are the nutty people?

Mr Quatro · 02-23-17, 02:39 PM

What if these planets are like the New World Columbus found and we transmit diseases to them and they get mad and kill all of our spacemen and women that travelled the some odd (30) years it took to get there?

or worse yet the spacewomen and men that we send have sex with these aliens in another world and bring back a virus after the (60) years round trip that kills every man woman and child on the planet earth, leaving only the apes in the special laboratoires set up to find an end to this planet ending disease.

The apes get mad as hell and they won't take it anymore ...

I don't think we should fund this expeditionary move to another strange world like or unlike ours.

Dowly · 02-23-17, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

These planets are nothing like earth. Where are the nutty people?

On Earth?

Eichhörnchen · 02-23-17, 03:17 PM

One of them will be populated entirely by squirrel-men (and women)

AVGWarhawk · 02-23-17, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

On Earth?

Exactly. The 7 planets do not look like earth. These are pristine untouched pieces of prime space real estate!! Trump will get a piece of these. Then it will not be long until these planets look like earth.

Moonlight · 02-23-17, 03:29 PM

The fastest thing that's ever been built is the New Horizons space probe which is currently on its way to Pluto, it can travel about 36000 mph, at that speed it would take it about 750,000 earth years to get to these planets, it puts current technology beyond the scope of travelling to the stars me thinks.

An FTL spacecraft is a pipe dream thought up by some hare-brained scientist with too much time on his hands, by the time anyone could work out how to build one of these things the human race will either be dead or they'll be back in the trees where they belong.

AVGWarhawk · 02-23-17, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

The fastest thing that's ever been built is the New Horizons space probe which is currently on its way to Pluto, it can travel about 36000 mph, at that speed it would take it about 750,000 earth years to get to these planets, it puts current technology beyond the scope of travelling to the stars me thinks.

An FTL spacecraft is a pipe dream thought up by some hare-brained scientist with too much time on his hands, by the time anyone could work out how to build one of these things the human race will either be dead or they'll be back in the trees where they belong.

Warp factor 7 Mr. Sulu.

mapuc · 02-23-17, 04:02 PM

It was fascinating news. Some questions popped up in my head when I read and heard about this discovery

1. Is there life on one or more of these planets ?

2. If yes to number one, what kind of life could it be ?

3. If there is life, is it seen from earthly point of view, intelligent ?

4. If intelligent, how far have they come ? (I know the time it takes for the light to reach us)

Markus

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Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What if these planets are like the New World Columbus found and we transmit diseases to them and they get mad and kill all of our spacemen and women that travelled the some odd (30) years it took to get there? or worse yet the spacewomen and men that we send have sex with these aliens in another world and bring back a virus after the (60) years round trip that kills every man woman and child on the planet earth, leaving only the apes in the special laboratoires set up to find an end to this planet ending disease. The apes get mad as hell and they won't take it anymore ... I don't think we should fund this expeditionary move to another strange world like or unlike ours. __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,373 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	One of them will be populated entirely by squirrel-men (and women) __________________

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Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	One thing that is of great interest is the fact that planets are discovered at all and not just hypothesized. The increase in tech level just the past decade or so that makes it possible to in some cases get pictures of exoplanets, is truly remarkable. As for the Quest for alien life forms, well, got to get out there first. Sitting here won't give us anything to discover. Unfortunately, interstellar travel is slightly more complicated than Star Trek wants us to believe.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	This is a great find. Now all you need is a faster than light drive system to get there. I'm sure they will find other planets as time goes by in the " Goldilocks Zone ".

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Moonlight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,518 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	The fastest thing that's ever been built is the New Horizons space probe which is currently on its way to Pluto, it can travel about 36000 mph, at that speed it would take it about 750,000 earth years to get to these planets, it puts current technology beyond the scope of travelling to the stars me thinks. An FTL spacecraft is a pipe dream thought up by some hare-brained scientist with too much time on his hands, by the time anyone could work out how to build one of these things the human race will either be dead or they'll be back in the trees where they belong. __________________

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	It was fascinating news. Some questions popped up in my head when I read and heard about this discovery 1. Is there life on one or more of these planets ? 2. If yes to number one, what kind of life could it be ? 3. If there is life, is it seen from earthly point of view, intelligent ? 4. If intelligent, how far have they come ? (I know the time it takes for the light to reach us) Markus