« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3   Go Down

Author Topic: Another Earth?  (Read 831 times)

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Another Earth?
« on: December 05, 2011, 06:07:42 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-telescope-confirms-alien-planet-habitable-zone-162005358.html Looks like there's a chance there could be life on these distant planets, I wonder if they will be friendly  :D
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline 68ZooM

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6337
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2011, 06:13:45 PM »
only would take 330,000 years to get there, im already packed lol
Logged
UrSelf...Pigs On The Wing...Retired

Quote from: hitech on May 02, 2013, 04:20:22 PM
Was me, I bumped a power cord. HiTEch

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2011, 06:21:10 PM »
By the time we think about going there i'm sure we will have warp drives or whatever, one day it may be possible  :rolleyes:
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline 321BAR

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6140
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2011, 06:22:21 PM »
nice to know they finally confirmed it as habitable. was annoying that they found this last year without confirmation....


hmm come to find out NASA's been busy finding candidates... this isnt the same planet they found earlier  :)
Logged
I am in need of a new epic quote
Happy Jack's Go Buggy

Offline skorpion

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3798
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2011, 06:24:31 PM »
Quote from: F22RaptorDude on December 05, 2011, 06:21:10 PM
By the time we think about going there i'm sure we will have warp drives or whatever, one day it may be possible  :rolleyes:
id like to know what makes those scientists think that the entire galaxy that we live in isnt moving. for all we know we could be going right for a massive black hole and all die. if the galaxy is moving, im pretty sure we wouldnt notice much. but the bad thing is that its impossible to be 100% sure.
Logged

Offline oakranger

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8380
      • http://www.slybirds.com/
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2011, 06:30:52 PM »
Quote from: skorpion on December 05, 2011, 06:24:31 PM
id like to know what makes those scientists think that the entire galaxy that we live in isnt moving. for all we know we could be going right for a massive black hole and all die. if the galaxy is moving, im pretty sure we wouldnt notice much. but the bad thing is that its impossible to be 100% sure.

The Galaxy is exspanding.  They have ways to know these things.
Logged
Oaktree

56th Fighter group

Offline curry1

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2321
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2011, 06:54:22 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on December 05, 2011, 06:30:52 PM
The Galaxy is exspanding.  They have ways to know these things.

Redshift.
Logged
Curry1-Since Tour 101

Offline TnDep

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1705
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2011, 07:18:55 PM »
Quote from: skorpion on December 05, 2011, 06:24:31 PM
id like to know what makes those scientists think that the entire galaxy that we live in isnt moving. for all we know we could be going right for a massive black hole and all die. if the galaxy is moving, im pretty sure we wouldnt notice much. but the bad thing is that its impossible to be 100% sure.

We are on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/4128018/Milky-Way-and-Andromeda-will-collide-sooner-than-expected.html

It's a very long time ago billions of years I believe but its going to happen and as far as our galaxy not moving, they don't believe that our galaxy is traveling 600,000 mph also in the above link

Saw a picture of the new planet like Earth, wow! awesome find it looks beautiful 2.5 times the size of Earth average 72 degrees sounds nice
Logged
~XO Top Gun~ Retired
When you think you know it all, someone almost always proves you wrong.  Always strive to be better then who you are as a person, a believer, a husband, a father, and a friend.  May peace be in your life and God Bless - TnDep

Offline BoilerDown

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1926
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2011, 09:19:54 PM »
The universe is expanding.  No evidence that our galaxy (The Milky Way) is though, unless you mean it gobbling up neighboring smaller galaxies, or being gobbled up by the Andromeda galaxy in the not-so-near future.  So "our" galaxy might be acquiring new stars, but it isn't expanding so to speak.

The galaxy is moving, and spinning, and they have a good idea of how fast.

The planet isn't confirmed to be habitable, they just think the temperature is right.

I wish the Andromeda galaxy was a lot closer.  It would be awesome to see the view from the ending of The Empire Strikes Back in the night sky every clear night.
Logged
Boildown

This is the Captain.  We have a lil' problem with our entry sequence so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

Boildown is Twitching: http://www.twitch.tv/boildown

Offline titanic3

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4235
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2011, 09:27:23 PM »
By the time we collide with Andromeda, everyone and everything on this Earth right now would be nothing but recycled atoms. No need to worry about that stuff, not yet anyway. ;)

Don't get me wrong, I love astronomy and the idea of future/outer space things, but to worry about things so far/long away doesn't make sense to me. But it's still cool to think about.

Now, devising an easy space traveling technique or new technology or even setting foot on Mars, that stuff gets me intrigued. Let's start small and work our way out of the solar system first. :aok

Then comes Proxima Centauri and nearby planets, then the whole of the Milky Way, Andromeda, then the universe. :) if only I could live to see the day we set foot on Andromeda.
Logged
Quote from: guncrasher on August 16, 2012, 04:48:31 AM

  the game is concentrated on combat, not on shaking the screen.

semp

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2011, 10:45:23 PM »
Astronomy is not for those with short patience   :D
« Last Edit: December 05, 2011, 10:47:44 PM by F22RaptorDude »
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline rpm

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 15661
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2011, 10:52:43 PM »
See Rule #14
« Last Edit: December 06, 2011, 11:47:38 AM by Skuzzy »
Logged
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Stay thirsty my friends.

Offline grizz441

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7000
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2011, 10:55:09 PM »
Quote from: TnDep on December 05, 2011, 07:18:55 PM

Saw a picture of the new planet like Earth, wow! awesome find it looks beautiful 2.5 times the size of Earth average 72 degrees sounds nice

Yeah the artist sure did make it look pretty didn't he?  :)
Logged

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2011, 10:59:07 PM »
See Rule #14
« Last Edit: December 06, 2011, 11:47:49 AM by Skuzzy »
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline BoilerDown

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1926
Re: Another Earth?
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2011, 11:31:25 PM »
Quote from: F22RaptorDude on December 05, 2011, 10:59:07 PM
and what happens if they do possibly discover life?

Ever see the movie Contact?
Logged
Boildown

This is the Captain.  We have a lil' problem with our entry sequence so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

Boildown is Twitching: http://www.twitch.tv/boildown
Pages: [1] 2 3   Go Up
« previous next »