"First Goldilocks Planet Found"
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adamrahn
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I saw this article yesterday evening, and one of the guys in the article claims that the odds off life being found on this planet are "100%" - very interesting stuff to think about, but I'm not sure I want the added stress of buying new cute alien pets in the near future 
Richard J. Johnson
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That is awesome.
groveChuck
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So are the comments to the article:
"this is all old news media that is blindfolding us from the real truth here on earth we are disgusting intelligent creatures manipulating each other to do the worse because it's easy."
chriscurl
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This talks a little more about the environment, and has an illustration straight of the side of a 1979 van.
http://io9.com/5652307/what-a-colony-might-look-like-on-gloaming-the-newly+discovered-second-earth
http://io9.com/5652307/what-a-colony-might-look-like-on-gloaming-the-newly+discovered-second-earth
Jordan Scott Price
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The dude's wife is named "Zarmina."
...I hope it gets a new name by the time people are taking ships there for winter vacation.
...I hope it gets a new name by the time people are taking ships there for winter vacation.
Jordan Scott Price
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Like the Radiohead song?
Jordan Scott Price
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I learned something new.
Gloaming is a pretty unattractive word, though.
Some bureaucratic dipsh*t will probably name it "Earth 2" just cuz.
I'd rather it be something like "Atlas." Just a cool name. And we could make a modern myth about how Atlas put the earth down and picked up this new one, so it was named after him.
This is fun.
ugafan
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given the inconceivably immense size of the universe, it is highly likely there are many planets in the habitable zone. but our technology is so primitive it makes finding them difficult. and when we do find them, it will be a long time before space travel develops to where humans can visit them. heck, we've only been to the moon a few times, much less making it to mars. still fun to imagine though. :smile:
Jawa Ex Machina
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Well, it's supposed to be a planet with liquid water and areas with temperatures that would work for humans. With 'life' they mean any type of life form, even bacteria.
Leave a glass of water long enough and there will be stuff growing in it. Guess they go with the Jeff Goldblum school of science.
"Life finds a way".
They're not saying it's a 100% chance there's already a McDonald's there.
EDIT:
Just so you guys know, there most likely isn't one.
Leave a glass of water long enough and there will be stuff growing in it. Guess they go with the Jeff Goldblum school of science.
"Life finds a way".
They're not saying it's a 100% chance there's already a McDonald's there.
EDIT:
Just so you guys know, there most likely isn't one.
Nektonic
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Great to hear this type of news. Something positive for once.
Also, kinda funny that it ends up being in the Gliese 581 star system. There were the first three Gliese planets that got everyone excited, but then the numbers didn't compute to allow life on those ones.
This planet could have quite a bizarre diversity of life, due to the tidal locking. That is, if it has life in the first place.
I agree, Earth 2 or Terra Neo or Terra Nova or something like that would be a bit too cliche. Atlas would be a cool name though. I have to admit, Zarmina's World is cool too. I kinda dig it. I think I'm gonna see how I can fit Zarmina's World, and the Gliese 581 system into one of my sci-fi scripts or stories.
As long as they don't name it Klendathu (giant killer alien bugs are no fun).
Maybe there will be some type of national competition to name this planet? That could be fun.
Also, kinda funny that it ends up being in the Gliese 581 star system. There were the first three Gliese planets that got everyone excited, but then the numbers didn't compute to allow life on those ones.
This planet could have quite a bizarre diversity of life, due to the tidal locking. That is, if it has life in the first place.
I learned something new.
Gloaming is a pretty unattractive word, though.
Some bureaucratic dipsh*t will probably name it "Earth 2" just cuz.
I'd rather it be something like "Atlas." Just a cool name. And we could make a modern myth about how Atlas put the earth down and picked up this new one, so it was named after him.
This is fun.
I agree, Earth 2 or Terra Neo or Terra Nova or something like that would be a bit too cliche. Atlas would be a cool name though. I have to admit, Zarmina's World is cool too. I kinda dig it. I think I'm gonna see how I can fit Zarmina's World, and the Gliese 581 system into one of my sci-fi scripts or stories.
As long as they don't name it Klendathu (giant killer alien bugs are no fun).
Maybe there will be some type of national competition to name this planet? That could be fun.
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Nektonic
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As long as there are no killer robots waiting for us, I could get behind naming this thing Gort.
Jon Starr
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I'm sure he meant to say 99.99% chance.
Either way, where's there's hospitable conditions there's water, and we now know where there's water, there's life. No matter the conditions, life finds a way, even in the cold dark, closed off pockets of frigid water of the Arctic, to the boiling geysers of Yellowstone-
Just look at how many species are here on earth, all because of hospitable conditions and water...
But I'm no scientist...
I wonder if they're already sending radio signals to this place? How many light years away is it?
EDIT: 20 light years seems to be...