[KevinDavis]

Well if there is oxygen on a different planet, there has to be a Earth like planet. I think in 50 years we will find a Earth like planet outside this solar system. Time to develop warp speed.

[BenLurkin]

Hopefully we'll find a planet that isn't having an "atmospheric blow-off". Somehow I just don't like the sound of that.

[KevinDavis]

Space Ping! This is the space ping list! Let me know if you want on or off this list!

[templar]

Oxygen in an atmosphere and earthlike do not nescessarily have any realtionship at all.

[edwin hubble]

Oxygen detected on a distant planet.

Conventional wisdom says holds that oxygen in stable quantities in a planetary atmosphere would have to mean some replenishment (from a life form) since oxygen is so reactive.

But in this case it seems to be some massive geo-chemical mechanism unrelated to life processes.

[irv]

I think in 50 years we will find a Earth like planet outside this solar system

It's going to be almost impossible to find Earth-like planets without actually venturing out there to find them. They're too small and too far away.

I hate to say it, but barring a revolution in physics (along the lines of anti-gravity) 50 years may be a bit optimistic.

[GeronL]

well... actually warp is not a speed.... it is bending space to go from one point to another without actually increasing their literal speed... would take a massive amount of power and gravitational manipulation and I wouldn't want to be near a planet if I did it

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The article doesn't say whether the oxygen is atomic, molecular or ionized. It also doesn't say anything about the planet's mass.

[reagan_fanatic]

"venting massive amounts of gas.."

Ted Kennedy's home planet?

[realpatriot71]

Well if there is oxygen on a different planet, there has to be a Earth like planet. I think in 50 years we will find a Earth like planet outside this solar system. Time to develop warp speed.

If we find a planet that we can live on, and then realistically get to, I'll start saving up for realestate on the new planent. I'd like to get off this sinking ship before it goes down.

[SunkenCiv]

from 2004.

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