Carbon Dioxide Detected on Faraway World

space.com ^ | 11-23-2008 | Robert Roy Britt

[Westlander]

Carbon dioxide, a potential fingerprint of life, has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star.

[Westlander]

[WrightOnTarget]

Al Gore’s work is never done. How do you say “Carbon Credit” in Alpha Centaurian?

[thecabal]

Damn alien SUVs!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

gvie me yuor menoy

[fso301]

Discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star.

To be detectable from such distance means there are massive quantities of CO2 in the atmosphere

[Slings and Arrows]

Bush’s fault.

[COBOL2Java]

However, the planet, HD 189733b, is too hot to be habitable.

"Yesss! My scam is saved! Tipper, pack my 'Carbon Credits' sales kit, we're going to HD 189733b!"

[Thrownatbirth]

there are massive quantities of CO2 in the atmosphere

That doesn't rule them out as host for a future Olympics.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Another tax funding stream!
Bureaucrats, get out from under your desks and hire more H1Bs!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Eeeeeevil carbon! Call Al Gore!

[Reeses]

I would think O2 would be a much more reliable indicator. The 21% O2 vs. 0.03% CO2 in our atmosphere was created artificially by billions of years of plant life. A planet with unexplained green tinges would also be a likely candidate.

[6SJ7]

Interesting how the MSM labels Carbon dioxide a “fingerprint of life” when detected on an alien world, but they call it a greenhouse gas on Earth. To be consistent, not that one can expect logical consistency from the MSM, the title of the article should be “Greenhouse Gas Detected on Faraway World”.

[autumnraine]

EXACTLY! Which means if there is plant life, there is LIFE. How would there be so much Carbon Dioxode in the atmosphere without plant life?

[autumnraine]

Wasn’t this planet like a greenhouse while the dinosaurs lived here?

[apillar]

CO2 a fingerprint for life ? I thought Mars had an atmosphere that is over 90% CO2?

[Le Chien Rouge]

ManBearPig.....everywhere!!!!!!!!

[SunkenCiv]

It'll be a riot when this exoplanet is found to be colder than the freezing temp of water on Earth.

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[Steve Van Doorn]

you are right. CO2 accounts for over 95% of Mars atmosphere. There statement means they are looking for planets that might of HAD life. They are looking for any sign of 'global warming'

These people are not scientists.

[Old Professer]

Of course the coordinates will be kept secret for fear that our fellow plunderers will join forces and destroy the only truly pristine planet left in the universe...

[Steve Van Doorn]

I think you have that backward. Plants take in CO2 and release O2.