First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered

Zeenews.com ^ | April 24, 2007

[fireforeffect]

So you weigh 296 lb?

[NCjim]

Took you guys long enough...

[Vinnie]

It’d be interesting to know how much of this is sheer speculation. 99%? 100%?

with words such as,could, should, likely, most probably, the speculation is extremely high.

[colonialhk]

No send Al in and Yugo now!

[Psycho_Bunny]

In terms of probability, very little of it.....probably only the liquid water part...and to bring up the word "habitable" is a little goofy, but that's probably the author.

But even that isn't far-fetched.

[Yossarian]

"super-Earth"

Tell those Euro-weenies that Americans already have high-resolution photographs of the surface of SuperEarth:

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

I suggest we immediately send Al Gore on a space shuttle to investigate.

[taxcontrol]

You know ... I was just thinking what that would look like. Assuming a narrow “beam” of Xrays at very high intensity.... steam explosions in the oceans? melting rock? plant and animal just falling over and then burning?

Could be really weird.

[umbagi]

It’d be interesting to know how much of this is sheer speculation. 99%? 100%?

Dan, I'd give you credit for either answer. On the Umbagi Scale of Speculatory Pseudoscience Reporting, even a single unquoted exclamation point earns a 99, but the frank admission, in the last paragraph, of wearing red dwarf-colored glasses should earn that last bonus point...

[martin_fierro]

this is

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

A day or two ago there was the “Kryptonite” story. Then today the “habitable” planet story.
It was not Kryptonite. It is not known if the planet is habitable.
This is why I totally mistrust all news stories in the media that have to do with science. I figure that the media sensationalizes the story so much that there is little truth left. They will do anything to get a mind-numbed public to look at the headline or read the story.

A public that has no idea of how to think critically gobbles up the nonsense.

[muawiyah]

SUV sales are definitely up in Gliese 581

[HardStarboard]

Envirofreekos can leave now!!

[HardStarboard]

Envirofreekos can leave now!!

[R. Scott]

A red sun - a 13 day year -
Are tourist resort developers working on that warp drive yet?

[devane617]

Well dang! This is a cool story.

[longtermmemmory]

I thought it would have to have a “van allen belt” to magnetically shield it from solar winds (like earth and Jupiter)

[o_zarkman44]

This discovery could be a boom for the Sci-fi Channel.

[RedMonqey]

"It?d be interesting to know how much of this is sheer speculation. 99%? 100%?"

I'd say 100%.

?Moreover, its radius should be only 1.5 times the Earth s radius, and models predict that the planet should be either rocky like our Earth or covered with oceans,? he said."

Is these the same "scientists" using the same computer models that predict Global Warming?

Yep! Sure looks like it!

[Diggity]

Presidential elections every 52 days!