Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!
In the red-dwarf star system Gliese 581 (20 ly from the Solar System), a (probably) rocky planet has been discovered. It is orbiting within the region of the star system where liquid water can form. (It is a much closer and smaller band than exists in our own star system, but apparently this planet falls within it).
It just might be the first earth-like planet we've discovered (after our own, of course)!
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=367459&ssid=27&sid=ENV
The planet is estimated to be 50% larger than Earth. Furthermore, red dwarf systems are very long lived, so if there is liquid water on this planet, there is also a good time window for life to have formed (or form, later on).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=450467&in_page_id=1965
It just might be the first earth-like planet we've discovered (after our own, of course)!
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=367459&ssid=27&sid=ENV
The planet is estimated to be 50% larger than Earth. Furthermore, red dwarf systems are very long lived, so if there is liquid water on this planet, there is also a good time window for life to have formed (or form, later on).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=450467&in_page_id=1965
posted by qwerty182764 at 4:43 PM
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The first link isn't working anymore, but this is:
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=367580&sid=ENV&ssid=27
It reminds me of the Star Trek Voyager episode "In The Blink OF An Eye" for some reason. How big IS this news?
I'm picking up a HUGE silence about it's discovery... or is that illusionary ?
Maybe things are "bottoming out" initially as the huge nature of this news sinks in.
I know it knocked me for six. I did'nt know what I was doing for at least 24 hours ... LOL!
DJ Barney
It seems people aren't that interested in the discovery. I've never quite understood that myself. I mean, I know the discovery of planets, even (possibly) habitable ones, in other star systems isn't going to immediately impact anyone's life here on earth.
But it does set the imagination on fire, and it does start providing some actual answers, as opposed to speculation, to fill in that old Drake equation.
"How big IS this news?"
It was on drudge report for about a day. That's how big the news is. :-P
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