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Earth-Like Planet Can Sustain Life

Sep 29, 2010 22:33

From Discovery News ( Read more... )

space, astronomy

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layweed September 30 2010, 02:44:15 UTC

Awesome. Too bad we'll have to waste the native species first. Or subjugate them.

syolen September 30 2010, 02:48:48 UTC

Sadly, that's likely. But the planet is 20 light-years away so we won't get there tomorrow. Here's hoping that we'll have learned our lesson by then. :-/

dyheli September 30 2010, 03:53:10 UTC

thebigbadbutch September 30 2010, 04:03:04 UTC

Can't we just eat them? Why let a perfectly good species go to waste?

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popehippo September 30 2010, 02:47:31 UTC

Hooooleeeeeee beeeeeeeeeans. *_*

thelastsong September 30 2010, 02:53:46 UTC

Glad to be alive for this! \o/

syolen September 30 2010, 02:57:24 UTC

Just wait until they find an actual proof that there's life on it! *is already dancing around in anticipation*

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syolen October 1 2010, 02:58:09 UTC

It will be safe as long as it's several light-years away? *crosses fingers*

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kiarasayre September 30 2010, 02:56:49 UTC

While they're kind of glossing over all the meteorological effects of a tidally-locked planet (stable temperatures = ONE HUGE, UNENDING HURRICANE ON THE LIGHT SIDE, by my understanding), this is still pretty much awesome.

syolen September 30 2010, 02:58:54 UTC

The hot atmosphere/cold atmosphere interface must be quite something too. Let's hope it's the first of many discoveries of this kind!

castalianspring September 30 2010, 02:58:31 UTC

Very, very cool. I can't wait until we get to the point where we really can test for life on such planets, instead of conjecturing.