zondag 3 oktober 2010

Odds of Life on Newfound Earth-Size Planet '100 Percent,' Astronomer Says

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/earth-like-exoplanet-possibly-habitable-100929.html
An Earth-size planet has been spotted orbiting a nearby star at a distance that would makes it not too hot and not too cold, comfortable enough for life to exist, researchers announced.


Steven Vogt, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said that he believes there is a 100% chance there is life on the planet.


personally, i think saying 100% is a little too optimistic, as the planet's weather would be chaos due to it being tidally locked.

5 opmerkingen:

  1. wow sounds pretty cool...hope aliens are friendly lol :P

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  2. tidaly locked? is that when a planet is facing the same side towards the sun all the time?
    making extreme temperature differences, extreme wind and unplesanties?

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  3. @riffmaster yeah, but inbetween the temperature is just nice for life to exist

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