Posted on 09/30/2010 4:04:03 PM PDT by Dallas59
If confirmed, the exoplanet, named Gliese 581g, would be the first Earth-like world found residing in a star's habitable zone -- a region where a planet's temperature could sustain liquid water on its surface.[Illustration of planet Gliese 581g.]
And the planet's discoverers are optimistic about the prospects for finding life there.
"Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say, my own personal feeling is that the chances of life on this planet are 100 percent," said Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, during a press briefing today.
"I have almost no doubt about it."
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You know what Hugh would say; it takes many parameters for life to flourish.
I liken it to how just because there is water on the moon, that doesnt mean there is life.
btw, Aren’t Mars and Venus in that habitable zone too??
Still, it is an exciting discovery.
100%? Hardly
I hear it's a pretty long trip. Maybe you should pack a lunch.
I wonder if there are decent pizza and Chineese joints on this panet.
I liked it in the beginning but then it just got hard to follow. However I did learn the proper usage of the word “Fluffer”.
Make that four.
AGW
How about we send Professor Vogt on a 1-way mission to his favorite FLARE STAR, and see how he likes the space weather when he is BLASTED by megajoules of particle energy. I'd donate a radiation badge for him, but he won't need it for long.
These guys must be fundraising. They only get this nonsensical near the end of the fiscal year.
Seriously, 100% probability of life on a planet tidally locked to a flare star? I have some lottery tickets to sell this fool.
“My source is the Book of Genesis, moron”
Thank you oh so much for your very christian reply.
Guaranteed. Not only is life abundant in the universe, but it has already travelled to Earth from other planets.
Guaranteed. Not only is life abundant in the universe, but it has already travelled to Earth from other planets.
You’re not gonna tell us about the anal probes you were subjected to are you??
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