Life out of our Solar system? Wait, what?

[Reece]

THE Milky Way is home to tens of billions of rocky planets - including about 100 nearby - that could potentially harbour life, a new study has concluded. Astronomers spent six years observing 102 of the most common type of stars in our galaxy, known as red dwarfs, to come up with this direct estimate of planets in the habitable zones around them. They calculated that about 40 per cent of red dwarfs have super-earths - planets with masses between one and ten times that of Earth - in the not-too-close, not-too-distant zone where liquid water can exist. The research team leader, Xavier Bonfils, said about 160 billion red dwarfs - fainter, cooler and longer-lasting stars than the sun - exist in the Milky Way. ''Because red dwarfs are so common this leads us to the astonishing result that there are tens of billions of these planets in our galaxy alone,'' Dr Bonfils, of the University of Grenoble in France, said. Within 30 light years of earth, there are probably one hundred of these super-earths in habitable zones, he said. While the temperature on these planets would be suitable for liquid water, red dwarf stars commonly experience eruptions or flares. The x-rays and ultraviolet radiation released by these stellar events could reduce the chances of life existing there, the researchers said. They used a European Southern Observatory telescope in Chile to make the observations and the results are to be published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. In the past 16 years astronomers have detected more than 700 planets outside our solar system, many of them massive planets, similar to Jupiter or Saturn, more than 100 times bigger than Earth. The latest study, which looked at changes in the light spectrum of the stars to infer the presence of planets, suggests these giants are rarely found around red dwarfs.

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So maybe not in our lifetime, but perhaps in a couple of hundred years the human race could begin expanding and living out of this galaxy! Incredible!

Do you think that human-like species exist out of our World? Is it possible we could life out of this world? EARTH LIKE PLANETS, could they be new homes?

What do you think?

[Clone]

I think it's possible that we could find life. But probably some microbial living cells is the best we're going to find.

[Que]

Believing there is no other life in another solar system is just wrong.
It's obviously a fact; and I'm quite certain that's where you start over when you die.

[Reece]

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Believing there is no other life in another solar system is just wrong.
It's obviously a fact; and I'm quite certain that's where you start over when you die.

I disagree. Once one is dead, one is dead. There is no life after death.

[Clone]

Once one is dead, there is no life after death.

I agree.

[ElMartu]

MASS EFFECT



There probably is life outside this solar system. Galaxies are fucking huge so it would be stupid to think we're the only people alive

[Gandalf]

In order to hve any chance of exploration, we would have to beat Einstein first.

[Smith]

I believe in another life after death. And maybe there is 100 light years away (or even more) another planet discussing the same question.

[TheGreasyChopper]

I think it's possible that we could find life. But probably some microbial living cells is the best we're going to find.

Such were already found...Not 100% sure but I'm 98.9% sure I read about it somewhere

[Smith]

Such were already found...Not 100% sure but I'm 98.9% sure I read about it somewhere

Yeah, they probally found something. But I think the space is to big to search everywhere.

[KhornateMonkey]

Such were already found...Not 100% sure but I'm 98.9% sure I read about it somewhere

Eh hem. We haven't found life, we're still looking.

[Jack Rosso]

I see it as an undiscovered fact yet, as i strongly believe theres life (possible) then on earth.
About death, i do not believe you would continue life on this other place, death means death for me and as i do not believe in any kind of religion, i dont believe in heaven or hell.

[Clone]

Such were already found...Not 100% sure but I'm 98.9% sure I read about it somewhere

No, they didn't. I don't think you realize how huge it would be if they even found a living microbial cell. It would be ALL OVER the news, a huge breakthrough.

[Ben.]

Seems more than reasonable to assume life exists on other planets. I disagree that the most we would find is microbes though. Look at our planet...it was not necessarily the first planet to harbour life. If our planet can pruduce so many creatures, then surely other planets could have creatures not unlike the ones we have on Earth. By that, I mean split into categories, vaguely:
- Birds
- Mammals
- Amphibians
- Fish

E.g.
If theres water, it is likely creatures will mutate to live in it. The technique may be different of course.

As for death...I guess thats a discussion for another topic

[Clone]

Seems more than reasonable to assume life exists on other planets. I disagree that the most we would find is microbes though. Look at our planet...it was not necessarily the first planet to harbour life. If our planet can pruduce so many creatures, then surely other planets could have creatures not unlike the ones we have on Earth. By that, I mean split into categories, vaguely:
- Birds
- Mammals
- Amphibians
- Fish

E.g.
If theres water, it is likely creatures will mutate to live in it. The technique may be different of course.

As for death...I guess thats a discussion for another topic

But the conditions on Earth are 100% perfect for life. All the other earth-like planets found so far have a flaw. Some orbit red dwarfs, causing loads of X-Rays, some are tidally locked etc etc. Also a lot depends on the ammount of greenhouse gases for the temprature. I doubt there's many perfect planets like Earth out there, and what are the chances of those having life on them too? Not a lot.