[KevinDavis]

I guess it is a matter of time till we find you know what ;)

[KevinDavis]

For other space news go to: http://www.spacetoday.net
For a list of Private Space Companies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies

[UCANSEE2]

I guess it is a matter of time till we find you know what

Chocolate at the center of the Milky Way?

[OldDeckHand]

"I guess it is a matter of time till we find you know what ;) "

An actual conservative Democrat?

[GeronL]

It could have moons that are inhabitable, you never know.

[cripplecreek]

The three giant companions were detected in 2008 and range in mass from seven to 10 times that of Jupiter, with orbits between 20 and 70 times as far from their host star as Earth is from the sun. The system also features two belts of smaller objects, similar to the asteroid and Kuiper belts around our sun. The system's star is about 1.5 times as massive as the sun.

A little on the cool side for us I suppose.

[TheVitaminPress]

Fantastic!

[Regulator]

Or um...they find us

[onedoug]

It’s a “fair” possibility that there is at least extraterrestrial microbial life in this solar system which we have yet to detect despite our best efforts. But just add a few tens or hundreds of light years and it’s a cinch, right?

[Talisker]

I guess it is a matter of time till we find you know what ;)

Oh, I think "we've" long found it. Now it's just a matter of making the "discovery" seem "reasonable."

[MAexile]

Excellent! When can we start exploiting it’s natural resources?

[mikrofon]

it orbits between two other giants around a star similar to our sun in a scaled-up version of our own solar system

Only the rich and elites will be able to live there, being in an upscale neighborhood...

[LiberConservative]

This is awesome and incredible news. We don't have the budgets to send manned expeditions or even robotic probes to look for life outside our solar system. But with our optics we can be cosmic “voyeurs”. Our first tangible discovery will be when we can detect a planet containing chlorophyll.

[Venturer]

This is going to make a great difference in my life because........

[joethedrummer]

[Dallas59]

Maybe NASA can send the people depressed over the movie Avatar there?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It was me.

It’s REALLY dark out here in the Boonies, and when I walk the dogs at night, I take a Maglite with me.

When I get bored, waiting for them to roust out a rabbit or a pheasant, I shine my flashlight toward Heaven...just for something to do.

Sorry I screwed up all the data and all... *SNORT*

[Fred Hayek]

Ten times more massive than Jupiter sounds like its maybe in brown dwarf territory. If such is the case, its also radiating a good amount of IR, although mostly from contraction, not from fusion. Not massive enough, however some brown dwarves may have fusion due to deuterium or lithium. That process does not last too long however - runs out of fuel.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks KevinDavis, just adding, not pinging.

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