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 ladygray rated 11 months ago -
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
New planet 'may be home to aliens'
Excited astronomers have discovered a new planet that could be home to alien life, they revealed tonight. The world is orbiting a nearby star like the Sun in its so-called "habitable zone" - just the right dist...
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- tjphillips rated 11 months ago
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All we can do is hope...
- dornorozeto rated 11 months ago
- Take that, creationists.
- objbuilder rated 11 months ago
- exciting
- Eagle0600 rated 11 months ago
- Even if weight is only 3.55 times that on earth, I think only smaller life would live there, if at all. The moon looks more promising though. Note that it is capable of supporting life, and that doesn't necessarily mean there is any. 41(?) light-years from earth is also a VERY long distance.
Also, if I were an alien living on the moon of that planet, I wouldn't like humans sticking their noses in MY planet. Not the governments or corporations, anyway.
- bobsant rated 11 months ago
- Excited astronomers have discovered a new planet that could be home to alien life, they revealed tonight. The world is orbiting a nearby star like the Sun in its so-called "habitable zone" - just the right distance for liquid water to exist.
A Nasa artist's impression of the 55 Cancri solar ystemIt is the fifth planet to be identified in orbit around the star 55 Cancri, a star very similar in type and age to our own Sun, making it a virtual twin of our own solar system.
The star, which is dimly visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Cancer, now holds the record for the number of worlds in orbit, after our own Sun. It lies just 41 light-years away - right on our cosmic doorstep.
- KaylinQ rated 11 months ago
- From the page: "New planet may be home to aliens Excited astronomers have discovered a new planet that could be home to alien life they revealed tonight. The world is orbiting a nearby star like the Sun in its so-called "habitable zone" - just the right distance for liquid water to exist. A Nasa artist s impression of the 55 Cancri solar ystemIt is the fifth planet to be identified in orbit around the star 55 Cancri a star very similar in type and age to our own Sun making it a virtual twin of our own solar system. The star which is dimly visible to the naked eye in the constellation of Cancer now holds the record for the number of worlds in orbit after our own Sun. It lies just 41 light-years away - right on our cosmic doorstep."
- yetikeeper rated 11 months ago
- New planet 'may be home to aliens' Excited astronomers have discovered a new planet that could be home to alien life, they revealed tonight. The world is orbiting a nearby star like the Sun in its so-called "habitable zone" - just the right distance for liquid water to exist. A Nasa artist's impression of the 55 Cancri solar system. It is the fifth planet to be identified in orbit around the star 55 Cancri, a star very similar in type and age to our own Sun, making it a virtual twin of our own solar system."
The planet is 72.5 million miles from 55 Cancri, a little less than the distance of the Earth from the Sun, but at an ideal distance for the warmth that life as we know it would need to exist. Computers had previously identified the star as an ideal candidate to house Earth's twin.
- TheWindshield rated 11 months ago
- New planet found in the 55 Cancri solar system. Excitedly, that makes five total planets around that Sun-like star, which shows large planetary systems are maybe not so rare? Even MORE excitedly, this planet, while 45 Earth masses in size, is in the star's habitable zone! Sweet. I can't wait to meet some Vulcans.
- IMTBL rated 11 months ago
- Thank you For stumbling me this SU jama51 - You are quite right, it is not news to me either...
- Luotaaja rated 11 months ago
- From the page: "Excited astronomers have discovered a new planet that could be home to alien life, they revealed tonight. The world is orbiting a nearby star like the Sun in its so-called "habitable zone" - just the right distance for liquid water to exist."
And the first ship leaves at?
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