Earth like planet detected very near by!

dasReaper · 09-30-2010, 10:47 AM

Surprised this hasn't received more press.

http://gizmodo.com/5651768/this-may-...irst-new-earth

Nedim · 09-30-2010, 10:55 AM

Nice info, pretty soon we will find new life

koreez88 · 09-30-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Nedim

Nice info, pretty soon we will find new life

Yeah, "soon". [/sarcasm]

kyleb350 · 09-30-2010, 11:04 AM

"very near by" is debatable. If it takes 20 years for light to get there, I would not call it close

Bimmer Nerd · 09-30-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kyleb350

"very near by" is debatable. If it takes 20 years for light to get there, I would not call it close

20.3 light years for someone to get from EARTH.

Feyd · 09-30-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer Nerd

20.3 light years for someone to get from EARTH.

But to achieve that time they have to be traveling at 186,000 miles/second.

ONLY after we get over the theoretical impossibility of us traveling at the speed of light, can we wait 20.3 years to check out the planet.

Perhaps we should send NASA a link to our troll physics thread..

TiAg335i · 09-30-2010, 11:27 AM

20.3 light years in the universe is like the next town over in our terms. Not that far at all.

Comet · 09-30-2010, 11:55 AM

yep
I think our civ needs to work on a way to get those kinds of engines possible

Kroy · 09-30-2010, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TiAg335i

20.3 light years in the universe is like the next town over in our terms. Not that far at all.

+1 I can't wait for more info about this planet or finding other planets like this.

DenverJayhawk · 09-30-2010, 02:31 PM

20.3 light years is not that far on the cosmic scale. But still too far to even imagine visiting by traveling in a straight line even at the speed of light. If we someday figure out how to warp space time, then who knows what's possible.

I think I remember the guys on The Universe show say something about the impossibility of travel at light speed because the closer you get to light speed, the more energy you will require, thus requiring infinite energy. That's something we unfortunately can't carry with us.

The other thing that would suck is if you take a 40 light year round trip, by the time you get back, everyone you know will be a couple hundred years old (that is dead).

335e92tx · 09-30-2010, 02:58 PM

Party on the new planet this weekend.

len56 · 09-30-2010, 03:14 PM

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Party on the new planet this weekend.

i call buying a 50 mile stretch of white sand beach (with alien palm trees) while it's still cheap. (50 bucks?) before any filthy humans get there and leave their garbage behind *ahem*

E90SLAM · 09-30-2010, 05:22 PM

Can we still do power slide there with our bimmers?

immiketoo · 09-30-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Comet

yep
I think our civ needs to work on a way to get those kinds of engines possible

I think this is covered in the physics troll thread...

danniexi · 09-30-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by immiketoo

I think this is covered in the physics troll thread...

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Originally Posted by Feyd

Perhaps we should send NASA a link to our troll physics thread..

Chenry135 · 09-30-2010, 10:49 PM

^ that made me LOL!

richardbb85 · 09-30-2010, 10:59 PM

lmao

Hedges · 09-30-2010, 11:01 PM

Aliens on that planet is possibly talking about us on there own forums moc.tsop09e.www

richardbb85 · 09-30-2010, 11:19 PM

i wonder what they call us, lol.

Freakazoid · 10-01-2010, 08:03 AM

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i wonder what they call us, lol.

aliens

335e92tx · 10-01-2010, 08:24 AM

aholes

335e92tx · 10-01-2010, 08:28 AM

Q
How would an alien race/their 'developments' be different physically even if the atmosphere was almost identical? Lets take it as a possibility that their most significant invention was not the wheel because they have greater mobility than us. What if they were born with wheels or could fly? Would there be so much development on vehicles/roads as we have??

We seem to spend a lot of resources on transportation. I just wonder how much different it would be if it came more naturally to other humanoids.

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kyleb350 Brigadier General 424 Rep 4,709 Posts Drives: '21 X3MC Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Milwaukee iTrader: (6)	"very near by" is debatable. If it takes 20 years for light to get there, I would not call it close
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TiAg335i Trance Life 315 Rep 4,706 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 335i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (4)	20.3 light years in the universe is like the next town over in our terms. Not that far at all.
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DenverJayhawk Major 72 Rep 1,217 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 330i Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denver iTrader: (0)	20.3 light years is not that far on the cosmic scale. But still too far to even imagine visiting by traveling in a straight line even at the speed of light. If we someday figure out how to warp space time, then who knows what's possible. I think I remember the guys on The Universe show say something about the impossibility of travel at light speed because the closer you get to light speed, the more energy you will require, thus requiring infinite energy. That's something we unfortunately can't carry with us. The other thing that would suck is if you take a 40 light year round trip, by the time you get back, everyone you know will be a couple hundred years old (that is dead). __________________ 330i, Black Sapphire, 6MT, Sport, Active Steering, Flux Capacitor
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