Possible Gas Giant Beyond Pluto

[Curval]

[Saxman]

There's also no evidence of a regular mass extinction cycle as the OP states. If anything, the evidence indicates that mass extinction events are becoming LESS frequent over time. For example, there was no mass extinction event between the Triassic-Jurassic and the end-Cretaceous events. That's a period of nearly 150 million years, and well outside the "27 million year cycle."

Does that mean there's NOT something beyond Pluto? Of course not! However it also shows that one of the pieces of proposed evidence is invalid.

[trax1]

There's also no evidence of a regular mass extinction cycle as the OP states. If anything, the evidence indicates that mass extinction events are becoming LESS frequent over time. For example, there was no mass extinction event between the Triassic-Jurassic and the end-Cretaceous events. That's a period of nearly 150 million years, and well outside the "27 million year cycle."

Does that mean there's NOT something beyond Pluto? Of course not! However it also shows that one of the pieces of proposed evidence is invalid.

What I stated in my OP was what was said in the article about a mass extinction event happening about every 27 million years, now I know and I think any reasonable person would also realize that it wouldn't be like clockwork with an extinction event happening every 27 million years, again this was from the scientist that are purposing this theory about the outer planet, and it's just a theory.

[Buzzard7]

It has been stated by some scientists that most star systems are actually binary or more. What happened to the mate for our star?

[BillyD]

 

[tassos]

What if it's...

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No Gasplanet can be Bigger than I Farth in 41 yeahrs

[curry1]

What if it's...

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Look at the size of that thing

(thats what she said...)

[Meatwad]

[MORAY37]

There's also no evidence of a regular mass extinction cycle as the OP states. If anything, the evidence indicates that mass extinction events are becoming LESS frequent over time. For example, there was no mass extinction event between the Triassic-Jurassic and the end-Cretaceous events. That's a period of nearly 150 million years, and well outside the "27 million year cycle."

Does that mean there's NOT something beyond Pluto? Of course not! However it also shows that one of the pieces of proposed evidence is invalid.

Well, there is a very slight increase in the chance of a mass extinction event every 27 million years, but that has never been associated with anything more than background clutter in the data.

[MORAY37]

It has been stated by some scientists that most star systems are actually binary or more. What happened to the mate for our star?

It's called Jupiter, which is at almost exactly the "normal" distance for binaries. Jupiter never got enough "stuff" at accretion to reach critical mass and start fusing.  

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Who sounded the moray horn?

[MORAY37]

Who sounded the moray horn?

Your girlfriend.

[Buzzard7]

Normal distance for binary? Jupiter is 5.2 AU from Sol. Sirius B is anywhere from 8.1 to 31.5 AU from Sirius A. Why doesn't Jupiter orbit a common center point like a binary?

[MORAY37]

Normal distance for binary? Jupiter is 5.2 AU from Sol. Sirius B is anywhere from 8.1 to 31.5 AU from Sirius A. Why doesn't Jupiter orbit a common center point like a binary?

Not enough "swing" to create a common center point?  After forming, the binaries would constantly tug at each other until they did orbit a common point in the center.  Jupiter had neither the mass nor the velocity to create such an effect.  Of course, that's only if the two stars in the binary have similar mass, or one is smaller with higher orbital motion.

[trax1]

Yeah I had heard of Jupiter referred to as a failed star, that it just didn't have enough mass to ignite.