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Jumpin said:

Considering the gravity on the planet is probably much more than pull of the earth, and the temperatures are about 160 degrees in the daytime. I doubt that humans could ever live there; even if it were physically possible to leave the solar system (which it isn't).

 

As for the idea of other life on the planet. It wouldn't be intelligent. If any life exists on it, it would be the equivalent to archeabacteria, because that is all the climate could support.

 

While I find discoveries like this interesting; it always brings out the slackjaws who think "Awesome! so I don't need to worry about the environment anymore, because when we wreck this planet, we'll all go on spaceships and go to a new planet"


Ah, those fine people who do think we always have suitable spaceships to handle any emergency tucked away in a hanger somewhere and of course there are enough of them to bail us all out should the need arise.

On Topic - yes, I saw this.  Interesting find and not even very far away (from an astronomical distance perspective that is).  Will watch closely to see what else turns up as further study of the planet ensues.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

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wfz said:
raptors11 said:

How soon can I buy a house there?


I'll sell you a contract for one right now.


How much? I'm lookin for about 10 acres.



raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:

How soon can I buy a house there?


I'll sell you a contract for one right now.


How much? I'm lookin for about 10 acres.


10 million dollars. I promise to deliver on the contract by 2150.



wfz said:
raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:

How soon can I buy a house there?


I'll sell you a contract for one right now.


How much? I'm lookin for about 10 acres.


10 million dollars. I promise to deliver on the contract by 2150.

Have it done by 2100 and I'll throw in a lifetime supply of M&M's



raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:

How soon can I buy a house there?


I'll sell you a contract for one right now.


How much? I'm lookin for about 10 acres.


10 million dollars. I promise to deliver on the contract by 2150.

Have it done by 2100 and I'll throw in a lifetime supply of M&M's


As long as the ratio for red vs brown is 1.3 to 1 and all other colors are equally represented in the mix.



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wfz said:
raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:

How soon can I buy a house there?


I'll sell you a contract for one right now.


How much? I'm lookin for about 10 acres.


10 million dollars. I promise to deliver on the contract by 2150.

Have it done by 2100 and I'll throw in a lifetime supply of M&M's


As long as the ratio for red vs brown is 1.3 to 1 and all other colors are equally represented in the mix.


I can have that arranged.



raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:
wfz said:
raptors11 said:

How soon can I buy a house there?


I'll sell you a contract for one right now.


How much? I'm lookin for about 10 acres.


10 million dollars. I promise to deliver on the contract by 2150.

Have it done by 2100 and I'll throw in a lifetime supply of M&M's


As long as the ratio for red vs brown is 1.3 to 1 and all other colors are equally represented in the mix.


I can have that arranged.

Well then you have yourself a deal!



drkohler said:
wfz said:

I would love to see pictures of this planet when they become available.

And now we have a new planet to potentially live on. =P

The camera that can "take pictures" of such a planet has not been invented yet.

You don't want to live on that planet either. At 3-4 times earth's mass (and roughly the same diameter), gravitational force would press you onto the ground.. and a tidally locked planet has other living problems, too. Let's not forget a red dwarf is a star in its final life cycle. If you wanted to emigrate to another star system, choose a star that has roughly the same age as our star...

I could have swore red dwarfves live for a stupid long time and will be the last stars left when all the others have died out.

They're much smaller and have less fuel than stars like our sun, but they barely burn any feul so in order to actually receive warmth from it you have to be really close.



twesterm said:
drkohler said:
wfz said:

I would love to see pictures of this planet when they become available.

And now we have a new planet to potentially live on. =P

The camera that can "take pictures" of such a planet has not been invented yet.

You don't want to live on that planet either. At 3-4 times earth's mass (and roughly the same diameter), gravitational force would press you onto the ground.. and a tidally locked planet has other living problems, too. Let's not forget a red dwarf is a star in its final life cycle. If you wanted to emigrate to another star system, choose a star that has roughly the same age as our star...

I could have swore red dwarfves live for a stupid long time and will be the last stars left when all the others have died out.

They're much smaller and have less fuel than stars like our sun, but they barely burn any feul so in order to actually receive warmth from it you have to be really close.

Yep, they live for hundreds of billions of years. Probably longer than the existence of our Universe.



bannedagain said:
hallowedbeeddie said:

it´s very unlikely we can ever reach it. not at least any time soon, so I doubt it, but it would be great to know there´s life out there



I think we better start with the moon of Jupiter, Europa. I think primitive life is there. got all the main signs. If you haven't watched anything on it, you should. It's a ice moon with liquid water under the surface, which thats what the data points to.

I have. and Europa seems intriging. it would be great if we could find something there too. And the coolest thing is that we will likely get there some day. unilke that other planet that is too far away