Proof!
Posted on 08/27/2010 7:23:51 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Astronomers have discovered a group of at least five planets – with hints of two more – circling around a star in an arrangement similar to our own solar system. Confirmation of the extra planets would make this the highest tally of alien worlds ever spotted around a single star.
The planets and their own sun-like star are about 127 light-years from Earth, astronomers with the European Southern Observatory said. It is one of just 15 planetary systems known to have more than three worlds.
The five planets circle their parent star, HD 10180, in a regular pattern like the planets of our solar system, only in a more compact arrangement, the researchers said.
Of the two potential additional planets that may be present, one may have a mass that is the closest to the Earth's yet seen, if it is confirmed, they added. [The Strangest Alien Planets]
"We have found what is most likely the system with the most planets yet discovered," astronomer Christophe Lovis, lead author of the study, said in a statement Tuesday. "This remarkable discovery also highlights the fact that we are now entering a new era in exoplanet research: the study of complex planetary systems and not just of individual planets.
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IT’S A COOKBOOK!!!!
Of course "they" may already have done so.
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Proof!
Of course "they" may already have done so.
The 'targeting' is still a problem. We can 'go', but destinations are random.
I was referring to possible life on other planets, where *they* might have already developed technology for interstellar travel.
I find it interesting that the same crowd that hates AVATAR, is first in line to exploit another planet.
(not pointing at you , necessarily, as I don't know your take on Avatar).
Perhaps he was born 'there', and came 'here', already. I know he has a spaceship hidden somewhere, probably sitting on a studio set, and no one knows it's real.
Not if you contract it through BP. They have no problem getting 'waivers'.
Cameron’s next movie Gas Giants from Uranus!
So was I. I heard you all hadn't developed interstellar travel of any kind, yet.
Did they surrender to it yet?
I smell problems during production.
But these are some of my favorites of the Martian surface..
On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. The image is a false color composite, showing the sky similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated. (NASA/JPL
Clouds above the rim of "Endurance Crater" in this image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. These clouds occur in a region of strong vertical shear. The cloud particles (ice in this martian case) fall out, and get dragged along away from the location where they originally condensed, forming characteristic streamers. Opportunity took this picture with its navigation camera during the rover's 269th martian day (Oct. 26, 2004). (NASA/JPL)
Yep, that’s the one.....
Link?
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