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  • #1

    Good news, bad news.

    Good news
    "Three super-Earths discovered in habitable zone of same star ‘for the first time’"


    Bad news
    "22 light years away from Earth."


    http://rt.com/news/super-earths-habitable-zone-228/
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Nikolai View Post
      Where is the Enterprise when you need it?

      warp drive sure would helpful about now if it was real

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      • #4
        Why is that bad news? 22 lightyears is just about as close as you can get.
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        • #5
          Yeah, so the monsters can get here that much more quickly.
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          • #6
            It wouldn't really be helpful if it were only a tenth of the distance away.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
              Why is that bad news? 22 lightyears is just about as close as you can get.

              Haven't even got to Mars yet.

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              • #8
                No, but 22 ly is pretty much our own backyard, astronomically speaking.
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                • #9
                  The planets, which have three suns, have one side illuminated at all times while the other is submerged in darkness.
                  Yeah, these are places I'm eager to visit.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Docfeelgood View Post
                    Haven't even got to Mars yet.
                    Well yes, but we're not going to discover any habitable planets only as far away as Mars.
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                    • #11
                      I'd rather they be farther.

                      We're just dipping our toes into the water. If there is intelligent life around and traveling through space, well... let's just say n00bs never get treated very well.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                        Why is that bad news? 22 lightyears is just about as close as you can get.
                        Still an impossible distance, tho. Barring a revolution in physics or the evacuation of earth due to disaster, I don't think we're sending anyone anywhere, ever. Einstein has to be wrong, or else we have to discover a ridiculously implausible technology that lets us "fold" vast regions of space on the cheap.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                          Well yes, but we're not going to discover any habitable planets only as far away as Mars.
                          Yes, was just showing how far we are in space exploration.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Sava View Post
                            I'd rather they be farther.

                            We're just dipping our toes into the water. If there is intelligent life around and traveling through space, well... let's just say n00bs never get treated very well.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Elok View Post
                              Still an impossible distance, tho. Barring a revolution in physics or the evacuation of earth due to disaster, I don't think we're sending anyone anywhere, ever. Einstein has to be wrong, or else we have to discover a ridiculously implausible technology that lets us "fold" vast regions of space on the cheap.
                              Concur

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