Posted on 02/22/2017 11:21:30 AM PST by C19fan
Planet-hunters are always on the lookout for worlds that look like Earth—rocky planets that are not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to flow on the surface. Now scientists have hit the jackpot, discovering seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a single star just 39 light-years away. The star, named TRAPPIST-1, was thought to be home to three exoplanets. But with the help of a variety of observatories—including the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (a.k.a. TRAPPIST, the star's namesake), the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope—researchers found four more planets in the system. The planets were discovered as they passed in front of the star, blocking some of its light from Earth's point-of-view.
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If they have water the tides would be interesting.
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Better send algore up there.
To warn them about rising seas, you know.
How much for first class? I’d also like to order the kosher meal.
“The demotion of humans, as special beings; continues.”
But we still get a Participation trophy!
So any life that exists there is probably only single-cell life at this point.
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So this is a planet full of demoncrats?
the planet is called Venus.
I would not want to try and live there.
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I prefer Mars.
Is Rosie going?
I think it’s now increasingly likely the nearest stars to our Solar System could contain rocky crust planets. Find one where there is water vapor in the atmosphere and there is a good chance some form of life exists on that planet.
Not all red dwarves flair continually.
Nearby red-dwarf system with lots of near-Earths? Bortron?
(Am I the only one with young kids?)
Water vapor is all over the place. Find elemental oxygen in the atmosphere. Elemental oxygen is the 2nd most reactive substance in the universe; without photosynthesis, it’s certain to have reacted with *something* on the planet.
Ping.
it seems to really limit God, to assume that he created just this earth with life and people, and simply stopped. Creation is limitless, or God Himself is finite, and isn’t God.
Space is a harsh environment for humans—we didn't evolve to live there. Systems throughout our body have specifically evolved to function under the stresses of gravity.
Because our muscles are constantly working against gravity on Earth, those muscles have a lot less work to do in space. In other words, they'll start to atrophy. That includes our heart (which shrinks a little), the muscles in our neck that hold up our heads, and our calves.
Since our bones don't experience the same loads they do on the ground, they feel no need to maintain themselves. Bone tissue is still absorbed, but it doesn't rebuild itself like it would on Earth. This absorbed bone can cause kidney stones, and the places where the bone has weakened can easily fracture.
So even if we survived that trip what good would it do. We couldn't even leave the spacecraft. 8>)
Enjoy the trip, you will need the beer and lots of it!!!! 8>)
This is the age of Star Trump...To Bigly go etc.
Lovely! a new planet where Muslims and Liberals can go and live in perfect harmony!
I vote we send Al Gore there immediately to search for global warming.
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