A planet 1,200 light-years away is a good prospect for a habitable world

www.sciencedaily.com ^ | May 27, 2016 | Source: University of California - Los Angeles

[mountn man]

I’d rather leave them than to try to force those idiots to leave us.

Do you actually think liberals would allow us to leave, and not be under their control?

[darkwing104]

A planet 1,200 light-years away is a good prospect for a habitable world

Now to figure out if it has an iron core and a magnetic filed to protect it from high doses of stellar radiation. Then we can send contractors there to build a Super Walmart that accepts EBT cards.

[Red Badger]

Does she even have your number?.................

[publius911]

1200 light years?
Too close.

But I have a list of about 5000 that need a reservation...

[Red Badger]

Yeah, kinda like those ‘cheap’ vaycay spots advertised in the backs of magazines................

[ghosthost]

why do they have to put artist’s renderings? That steams me. It’s supposed to be science. It reminds of the archeologists who will find a knuckle bone and artist render some guy from eleventy-gabillion years ago and tell you what movies he liked

[alloysteel]

If there can be constructed a drive capable of 1,200 times the speed of light, we could be there in a year. But even on Star Trek, they could achieve a speed of only about Warp-14 or so.

[Red Badger]

I would think that would be the least of the problems. After 1200 LY of travel time, the exposure to constant cosmic rays would likely kill you.................

[Red Badger]

Somebody’s bro-in-law needed the work................

[publius911]

It reminds of the archeologists who will find a knuckle bone and artist render some guy from eleventy-gabillion years ago and tell you what movies he liked

...and what he had for breakfast...
...and then they'll start a months long food fight arguing details.

60% of humans are insane

[onedoug]

The article doesn’t mention anything about what type of start is involved here. Therefor, 50% of the story has been left out.

Not very scientific.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

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[xp38]

Class M planet captain

[Right Brother]

Unfortunately, it is in the Romulan neutral zone.

[Fungi]

Fanciful thinking but not without a possibility in the future. Even Daniel foresaw it: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Daniel 12:4 ESV (English Standard Version for those from Kenya.)

[MichelleWSC3]

“Good luck getting there.”

-—I know right! On Star Trek, even at warp 9 it would take several years to get there