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Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:38 PM

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3 new planets could host life [View all] brooklynite Apr 2013 OP

Yo CNN, they are not "new" planets snooper2 Apr 2013 #1

probably last longer, too. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #3

That's common usage, though DavidDvorkin Apr 2013 #4

LOL. Good point. Cool findings, though. pinto Apr 2013 #5

It could be Wolfie AAO Apr 2013 #66

This is exciting!!!! hamsterjill Apr 2013 #2

Walking around would make you feel like you have lead in your boots... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #6

not faster Trajan Apr 2013 #7

Gravitational pull is an acceleration so it would be faster.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #9

Not necessarily. jeff47 Apr 2013 #27

By "people" I assume you mean humans used to 1G at sea level... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #34

Not necessarily. longship Apr 2013 #21

Good point. Some of these planets could have the density of Styrofoam. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #31

Well, maybe not styrofoam, but maybe not so much iron. longship Apr 2013 #38

....pssst.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #40

We have one of our own. Saturn is less dense than water. longship Apr 2013 #41

I can picture a planet composed of a large amount of pumice... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #42

Well, you're thinking statically. longship Apr 2013 #44

Picture a large volcanic planet hit by a large asteroid tossing out a huge volume of lava. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #46

The moon most likely formed that way and that didn't result. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #47

I know but the earth was composed of dense material. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #50

Or it would likely spin out of the star system. longship Apr 2013 #48

We don't know what goes on in nebulas. Just about anything is possible.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #53

Well, still, the universe obeys the laws of nature. longship Apr 2013 #58

"One doesn't get to make stuff up." Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #59

Ahem. Your link led to a gas giant planet. longship Apr 2013 #60

"I really am not trying to malign you." Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #61

Let me put it this way. longship Apr 2013 #63

"its self gravity could not hold it together." Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #64

Good pun, my friend. longship Apr 2013 #65

I don't believe you could have a super lightweight planet in the Goldylocks Zone. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #67

But no homogeneous matter is likely to exist in any primordial system. longship Apr 2013 #68

Okay, but keep in mind that Earth has the highest density in the solar system. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #69

No problem there. nt longship Apr 2013 #70

Just look at the Tea Party. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #72

That might be the case with 253 Mathilde sofa king Apr 2013 #71

I can picture a collection of gasses forming in a nebula liquifying, bubbling and solidifying. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #73

The smaller one's 1.4 Earth masses, which wouldn't be that bad Posteritatis Apr 2013 #45

Don't fret over not having the equation.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #49

Ooh! Thanks! Posteritatis Apr 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author GliderGuider Apr 2013 #56

at 2700 light years away they may not exist anymore leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #8

That's a blip in geologic time.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #10

That really isn't that far away to speculate that it may not exist anymore.... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #12

A rocket traveling at light speed would take 2,700 years arcane1 Apr 2013 #14

Hahahaha, sorry. Figured my math would be off by a lot..... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #20

The relative time on the rocket would be much less, at least arcane1 Apr 2013 #32

At the speed of light the aging rate of the rocket passengers would be 0 MillennialDem Apr 2013 #33

Correct :) arcane1 Apr 2013 #36

And since time stands still it would become a trap as there would be no way to shut it off. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #54

Of course, even if we could send probes to something 2700 light years away, Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #75

if we could travel at the speed of light it would take 2700 years to get there. but we cant travel leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #16

The Shuttle and "Fearless Felix" did! Liberalagogo Apr 2013 #24

I'm outta here. The Stranger Apr 2013 #11

Me. spiderpig Apr 2013 #25

I have a list of people that should live there.lol SummerSnow Apr 2013 #13

Well... If CNN says so it must be true Blue Owl Apr 2013 #15

CNN's hardly the only station reporting this. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #43

Fascinating Joshua Pistachio Apr 2013 #17

I believe CNN is reporting that the middle one is wanted for questioning in Boston. n/t eggplant Apr 2013 #18

The middle one cnn reporting? walkerbait41 Apr 2013 #29

Actually, I think it is slightly east of the middle one. eggplant Apr 2013 #35

I, for one, welcome our new Kepler 22 through Kepler 69 overlords! Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #19

Great. Can we round up all the Republicans and send them to one of them? Arkana Apr 2013 #22

+1 walkerbait41 Apr 2013 #30

Trying to start an intergalactic war? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #37

We'd win--they don't believe in science, remember? Arkana Apr 2013 #62

No. I mean a war with the Keplarians. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #74

Hee hee hee... Arkana Apr 2013 #77

They would call themselves god Eksynyt Apr 2013 #76

Will those names always be their names? Jamastiene Apr 2013 #23

Astronomers usually do not name things. longship Apr 2013 #39

Thank you for that detailed information. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #52

You are most welcome. Glad my post made sense to somebody. ;-) longship Apr 2013 #55

they should seed some of the close planets/moons with any life that survives in like conditions Sunlei Apr 2013 #26

Dibs on the one on the left! Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #28

If they can host life, then they probably do. GliderGuider Apr 2013 #57

Depends on whether or not the Alien overlords have populated them yet.... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #78

Problem with the Fermi paradox no one thinks about is the time for a civilization to rise up MillennialDem Apr 2013 #79

But if civilizations last for a very long time... GliderGuider Apr 2013 #80