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Title: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: KhornateMonkey on November 08, 2012, 04:49:43 pm
'Super-Earth' exoplanet spotted 42 light-years away. Astronomers have spotted another candidate for a potentially habitable planet - and it is not too far away. [READ MORE (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20249753)]

(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64005000/png/_64005374_super_earth_hz.png)
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Batta on November 08, 2012, 04:56:40 pm
That's cool!
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: ElMartu on November 08, 2012, 05:52:45 pm
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3O7UJCjr2Wg/T_sAKg3FkhI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Og7CwWANJCY/s1600/Earth+2+%28Special+Low+Frequency+Version%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Primus on November 08, 2012, 06:00:01 pm
(http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh551/Kingmancer/damn.png)
Counter Earth.
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Ratko Gavrilovic on November 08, 2012, 06:07:22 pm
Not far away? Then how far are 42 light years?
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Mikal on November 08, 2012, 07:13:05 pm
Not far away? Then how far are 42 light years?
It takes 42 years for light to get from there to Earth, so uh, very far.... :lol:
Too far for humans to reach in a lifetime with the current technology.

The picture shows green spots, so am I right to assume theres plants/forests there? :trust:
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: ~Legend~ on November 08, 2012, 07:31:30 pm
Very interesting article.

Do you guys think they will find life elsewhere during "our" generation?
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: KhornateMonkey on November 08, 2012, 07:34:49 pm
Very interesting article.

Do you guys think they will find life elsewhere during "our" generation?

Possibly, maybe bacteria, I wouldn't bet on it that we would find other intelligent life
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Batta on November 08, 2012, 07:36:25 pm
It takes 42 years for light to get from there to Earth, so uh, very far....

Yup, and at the same time very very close to us universally-talking. That's fascinating!
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: battle on November 08, 2012, 07:43:25 pm
It takes 42 years for light to get from there to Earth, so uh, very far.... :lol:
Too far for humans to reach in a lifetime with the current technology.

The picture shows green spots, so am I right to assume theres plants/forests there? :trust:

we would need to develop completly new technology, that wont happend just now due to how the current situation is atm... if just sciencetist wasn't limited by alot of shit we would prolly be in space already but sadly we ain't :P
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: ~Legend~ on November 08, 2012, 08:32:17 pm
Possibly, maybe bacteria, I wouldn't bet on it that we would find other intelligent life

Yeah, and even then I suppose worldwide it would be considered a breakthrough.

The sheer vastness of the universe (as we know it) poses the greatest challenge, I think.

we would need to develop completly new technology, that wont happend just now due to how the current situation is atm... if just sciencetist wasn't limited by alot of shit we would prolly be in space already but sadly we ain't :P

Who can tell what the "next big thing" will be. Half the time it's easy for us to think that we've invented everything and there's nothing more physically possible, but we probably just don't know it. xD

Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Primus on November 08, 2012, 08:59:30 pm

Who can tell what the "next big thing" will be. Half the time it's easy for us to think that we've invented everything and there's nothing more physically possible, but we probably just don't know it. xD

Not possible.....but...may be next will be Time machine. :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Cane on November 09, 2012, 05:24:03 am
Avatar is the first thing that comes into mind...
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Kent on November 09, 2012, 12:21:46 pm
Not far away? Then how far are 42 light years?
42 light years is 397350690000000 kilometers.
Easier to read: 3 973 506 900 000 00 kilometers
Title: Re: Earth 2/Super-Earth found
Post by: Mikal on November 09, 2012, 02:35:11 pm
Not possible.....but...may be next will be Time machine. :rofl: :rofl:
A time machine will be needed in billions of years for the human race to survive when the universe implodes on itself. :poke:
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