No threads about the new planets?

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yeah i was gonna make a thread but forgot

cool shit

imagine having sentient life on all 3 planets and they're like trading with each other as a solar system that would be sick

yeah i was gonna make a thread but forgot

cool shit

imagine having sentient life on all 3 planets and they're like trading with each other as a solar system that would be sick

Yeah but we have memes.

yeah i was gonna make a thread but forgot

cool shit

imagine having sentient life on all 3 planets and they're like trading with each other as a solar system that would be sick

Yeah but we have memes.

Interesting point tbh

I've almost given up on it considering some of the regulars on Serious hate the idea of us even trying to work on space.

Surprised to see this not being discussed especially by the astronomy people.

yeah i was gonna make a thread but forgot

cool shit

imagine having sentient life on all 3 planets and they're like trading with each other as a solar system that would be sick

Yeah but we have memes.

What if we trade memes with them?

I'll just have to cross my fingers that there's no life, I guess.

Have we already drafted the invasion plans?

I'll just have to cross my fingers that there's no life, I guess.

You remember the part where life likes to dissappoint you?

Would it bother you if grass was found on the planets?

That's life.

I'll just have to cross my fingers that there's no life, I guess.

Would it bother you if grass was found on the planets?

That's life.

yes

I was going to make a thread but I'm really busy this week with school. It's really cool learning the potential these planets have

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

it reinforces the fact we may not be alone in the universe and we can explore new places in space. but i also partially blame nasa for blowing things out of proportion like they did with the mars "discovery" a while back

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

it reinforces the fact we may not be alone in the universe and we can explore new places in space. but i also partially blame nasa for blowing things out of proportion like they did with the mars "discovery" a while back

I mean, is it really a surprise anymore that there are other planets with a similar size and such as Earth? It was cool the first half a dozen times, now it's no more surprising of a discovery than some new fish in the ocean.

Let me know when we actually find something new or get people onto another planet though.

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

it reinforces the fact we may not be alone in the universe and we can explore new places in space. but i also partially blame nasa for blowing things out of proportion like they did with the mars "discovery" a while back

I mean, is it really a surprise anymore that there are other planets with a similar size and such as Earth? It was cool the first half a dozen times, now it's no more surprising of a discovery than some new fish in the ocean.

Let me know when we actually find something new or get people onto another planet though.

It's more so the fact it is so close. Only 40 light years away. That's basically in our own backyard. It'll allow us to study these planets and see things such as that, and though we speculate through pure statistics that life has to exist on other planets, it's an entirely different factor when you actually have concrete evidence it, along with water on said planets, exists.

Eh. I'm still not impressed or consider it a groundbreaking discovery.

Then again, space and such was never really an interest to me.

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

it reinforces the fact we may not be alone in the universe and we can explore new places in space. but i also partially blame nasa for blowing things out of proportion like they did with the mars "discovery" a while back

I mean, is it really a surprise anymore that there are other planets with a similar size and such as Earth? It was cool the first half a dozen times, now it's no more surprising of a discovery than some new fish in the ocean.

Let me know when we actually find something new or get people onto another planet though.

It's more so the fact it is so close. Only 40 light years away. That's basically in our own backyard. It'll allow us to study these planets and see things such as that, and though we speculate through pure statistics that life has to exist on other planets, it's an entirely different factor when you actually have concrete evidence it, along with water on said planets, exists.

Let's hope we get relativistic rockets first.

Eh. I'm still not impressed or consider it a groundbreaking discovery.

Then again, space and such was never really an interest to me.

Seven terrestrial worlds all in or near the habutable zone and orbiting extremely close to each other to the point you'd be able to identify surface features if you were stand on one is pretty groundbreaking.

Especially considering we have 8 major bodies and we thought that was approaching the upper limit for a system to be stable. The planets identified at TRAPPIST don't even include potential gas giants and ice giants, dwarf planets and moons.

Let's get to that mass relay out by Pluto now

Eh. I'm still not impressed or consider it a groundbreaking discovery.

Then again, space and such was never really an interest to me.

Seven terrestrial worlds all in or near the habutable zone and orbiting extremely close to each other to the point you'd be able to identify surface features if you were stand on one is pretty groundbreaking.

Especially considering we have 8 major bodies and we thought that was approaching the upper limit for a system to be stable. The planets identified at TRAPPIST don't even include potential gas giants and ice giants, dwarf planets and moons.

Cool?

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

it reinforces the fact we may not be alone in the universe and we can explore new places in space. but i also partially blame nasa for blowing things out of proportion like they did with the mars "discovery" a while back

I mean, is it really a surprise anymore that there are other planets with a similar size and such as Earth? It was cool the first half a dozen times, now it's no more surprising of a discovery than some new fish in the ocean.

Let me know when we actually find something new or get people onto another planet though.

the thing that most, i think, is what makes this huge news is that the system is about what, 40ly away from us and that theres a bunch of planets that orbiting it. we cant really see planets this small in other solar systems besides ones the size of jupiter because theyre so hot. its remarkable because something so close has potentially habitable worlds that are about our planet's size and theres plenty of them.

I never understand the appeal and public joy in finding such discoveries.

it reinforces the fact we may not be alone in the universe and we can explore new places in space. but i also partially blame nasa for blowing things out of proportion like they did with the mars "discovery" a while back

I mean, is it really a surprise anymore that there are other planets with a similar size and such as Earth? It was cool the first half a dozen times, now it's no more surprising of a discovery than some new fish in the ocean.

Let me know when we actually find something new or get people onto another planet though.

It's more so the fact it is so close. Only 40 light years away. That's basically in our own backyard. It'll allow us to study these planets and see things such as that, and though we speculate through pure statistics that life has to exist on other planets, it's an entirely different factor when you actually have concrete evidence it, along with water on said planets, exists.

o didnt see this too

Eh. I'm still not impressed or consider it a groundbreaking discovery.

Then again, space and such was never really an interest to me.

Just wait for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to be launched in 2018 (hopefully, they keep pushing the date back). I learned more about that in class today and THAT shit has me excited. It's gonna be able to see so far out into the universe, along with offering an INSANE amount of resolution. Main goal is to see how galaxy's and planets form. Hubble's glass scope is 2.5 (6?) meters I believe. JWST is 6 times that size I think.



It's going much further than Hubble is too. Figured I'd make this post to make you have something to actually look forward to. It's just exciting to me to know we're launching new advanced tech into space so far out, as opposed to Hubble which is almost 30 years old. That's ancient.

Eh. I'm still not impressed or consider it a groundbreaking discovery.

Then again, space and such was never really an interest to me.

Just wait for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to be launched in 2018 (hopefully, they keep pushing the date back). I learned more about that in class today and THAT shit has me excited. It's gonna be able to see so far out into the universe, along with offering an INSANE amount of resolution. Main goal is to see how galaxy's and planets form. Hubble's glass scope is 2.5 (6?) meters I believe. JWST is 6 times that size I think.



It's going much further than Hubble is too. Figured I'd make this post to make you have something to actually look forward to. It's just exciting to me to know we're launching new advanced tech into space so far out, as opposed to Hubble which is almost 30 years old. That's ancient.

james webb isnt guaranteed to find exoplanets, a follow up space telescope almost like hubble will do the work. according to a guy that spoke at my uni a week ago.

http://www.polygon.com/2017/2/25/14737940/elite-dangerous-trappist-1-system-predicted?yptr=yahoo

neat