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@mordant | 9 September 11 |
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i can paste over a few links if you like? i'll put them at the start of the topic so they don't get buried in a bit k... 
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@mordant | 9 September 11 |
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couldn't find much else, apart from the number of confirmed planets has risen from 6 to 19. follow-up observations are required to verify the planet candidates are actual planets.. 
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@mangus | 6 March 15 |
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bumped for pallas.. knew there was a topic in here somewhere about this sort of thing..
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@pallas7 | 7 March 15 |
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Thank you 
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@dre4mz | 7 March 15 |
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@ mangus - 6.03.15 - 11:25pm bumped for pallas.. knew there was a topic in here somewhere about this sort of thing.. It's all ball's this planet stuff 
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@shadow27 | 8 March 15 |
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There is no way to tell if a planet has life just from it being in the right 'zone'. It is only one part of the selection process. Other factors you might want to take into consideration: the Earth has an iron core which generates a magnetic field. We are protected from harsh radiation due to the shielding effect.
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@asurreym | 8 March 15 |
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Until humans can design a engine that can travel at the speed of light then traveling to the nearest star which could have life supporting planets is just a dream, with ion drive propulsion it would take 81 thousand years to travel just 4.3 lightyears away to the nearest star, even with a theoretical nuclear pulse propulsion engine it would still take 85 years just to get there and by the time they do the pilots would probably be dead just from old age
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@obi_jon | 8 March 15 |
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@ shadow27 - 8.03.15 - 04:29am There is no way to tell if a planet has life just from it being in the right 'zone'. It is only one part of the selection process. Other factors you might want to take into consideration: the Earth has an iron core which generates a magnetic field. We are protected from harsh radiation due to the shielding effect. Depends what sort of life we're talking about I suppose. Experiments with Tardigrades or 'Water Bears', have shown that they can survive(at least temporarily) in the vacuum of space and are virtually immune to cosmic radiation.  http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a11137/secrets-of-the-water-bear-the-only-animal-that-can-survive-in-space-17069978/ |
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@0gypsy0 | 8 March 15 |
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@ asurreym - 8.03.15 - 10:50am Until humans can design a engine that can travel at the speed of light then traveling to the nearest star which could have life supporting planets is just a dream, with ion drive propulsion it would take 81 thousand years to travel just 4.3 lightyears away to the nearest star, even with a theoretical nuclear pulse propulsion engine it would still take 85 years just to get there and by the time they do the pilots would probably be dead just from old age Once they said it's impossible to go to the Moon... Today sounds impossible to conquer the barrier of time and space ... |
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@obi_jon | 8 March 15 |
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The number of exoplanets capable of supporting alien life may be greater than first thought. http://m.space.com/28644-rotisserie-alien-planets-habitability.html |
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@mangus | 8 March 15 |
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@ obi_jon - 8.03.15 - 06:53pm The number of exoplanets capable of supporting alien life may be greater than first thought. http://m.space.com/28644-rotisserie-alien-planets-habitability.html good article there obi_jon..  cheers that that. obliquity.. i've not considered that before.
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@phallica | 11 March 15 |
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@ phallica - 4.02.11 - 08:30pm  Bloody hell.Jesus, where does the time go. |
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@obi_jon | 30 April 15 |
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Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a star only 54 light-years away with the Automated Planet Finder (APF) at Lick Observatory and ground-based telescopes in Hawaii and Arizona. http://www.astrobio.net/topic/deep-space/new-planets/astronomers-discover-three-super-earths-orbiting-nearby-star/ |
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@obi_jon | 21 March 16 |
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http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-06 Earth's magnetic field is almost certainly what allowed life to evolve here at all and is probably a requirement for life on similar exoplanets too.
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@valatine | 29 March 16 |
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@ asurreym - 8.03.15 - 10:50am Until humans can design a engine that can travel at the speed of light then traveling to the nearest star which could have life supporting planets is just a dream, with ion drive propulsion it would take 81 thousand years to travel just 4.3 lightyears away to the nearest star, even with a theoretical nuclear pulse propulsion engine it would still take 85 years just to get there and by the time they do the pilots would probably be dead just from old age don't let a woman drive the space craft at that speed they would probably crash it into an asteroid .lol |
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