OT: Extrasolar planets discovered directly

Slick · #1 March 26th, 2005, 03:00 PM

http://www.aip.org/pnu/2005/split/724-1.html

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 March 26th, 2005, 06:49 PM

Ah, it's just a bunch of hot air.

Slick · #3 March 26th, 2005, 07:16 PM

Very punny.

Arkcon · #4 March 26th, 2005, 08:20 PM

So let's go already. Seriously, I want off this rock. Sleeper ships, warp drive, store my brain in a jar -- I don't care how -- just lets go. Some moon orbiting these monster planets has gotta have an environment temperate enough to support an oxygen atmosphere dome. C'mon, probably a half a dozen of you guys can make the trip with me. The first real SE4 colonization.

Suicide Junkie · #5 March 26th, 2005, 08:46 PM

You don't want to colonize near there...

The gas giants are orbiting so close that they are 1000's of degrees, and thus bright enough in the infrared to be seen by the telescope.

Combat Wombat · #6 March 26th, 2005, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Suicide Junkie said:
You don't want to colonize near there...

The gas giants are orbiting so close that they are 1000's of degrees, and thus bright enough in the infrared to be seen by the telescope.

So summer will be alittle tougher than usual. I agree lets get going.

Atrocities · #7 March 26th, 2005, 09:28 PM

Other planets, but too close to their suns thus making them unihabitable by our standards. I am tell you that there is NO life out there, we are it. (By life I am saying beings smart enough to have evolved or developed technology and or science as we have, but not identical to ours, seprate and unique to their world.) We are folks, and Earth is the only place in our galaxy, rather the only planet we will ever know like it.

A harsh statement, but so far there has been proof provided, physical proof, that there is life out there or other habitable planets like Earth. None. At this point its all specualtion, opinion, assumption, and chance, but no hard core fact. So until there is, I choose to go with just the facts, and those facts say we are alone on a very rare world.

Slick · #8 March 26th, 2005, 09:40 PM

The can has been opened and 1 bazillion worms have just crept through the neighborhood.

DeadZone · #9 March 26th, 2005, 09:41 PM

Only because we cant see them, doesnt mean they arent there

Starhawk · #10 March 26th, 2005, 09:44 PM

Meh AT that is the most egocentric view we humans have, I mean for cryin out loud we are in a galaxy of millions of stars within a universe of billions of galaxies to assume we are it in this galaxy alone is rather arrogant.

I mean who says another species HAS to have an earthlike environment or HAS to have our comfort level of hot and cold? For all we know there could be a race out there that LOVES venus like environments or another that LOVES pluto like environments.

Oh and BTW as far as Earth being the only "blue planet" out there that too is foolish to assume because even scientists have said we would not likely see other Earth type worlds with modern technology because of orbit/temperature/reflection and various other technostuff that I don't even have a clue how to explain or understand

So if they are right and Earth type worlds would be almost impossible for US to spot then for all we know there is in Earth type right next door to us

(galacticly speaking of course) and maybe that species HAS developed the tech to spot Earth type worlds.....heck maybe we will to within the next 10-50 years or so.