Astronomy / Space Nasa News - Discover Beyond Our Solar System

[Fost]

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...ference-on-discovery-beyond-our-solar-system/


conference on Feb 22.



It'll probably be Thargoids...

 

[Blackbeard]

Looks pretty interesting. I'm pretty excited about the whole exoplanet thing!

 

[afreeflyingsoul]

Definitely Thargoids

 

[ArchEmperor]

Rumors says it is Planet Nine from Outer Space and Thargoids.

 

[Y'Berion]

My bet: confirmation that the third planet in system Trappist-1 might have liquid water.

 

[Patrick_68000]

They found the secret home of David

 

[Yaffle]

My bet: confirmation that the third planet in system Trappist-1 might have liquid water.

An ultracool dwarf. Sort of Gimli with shades.

 

[Winterwalker]

All a bit intruiging isn't it?

Barbarella sighted?

 

[who?]

Winter is coming.

 

[We Are Groot]

I have a feeling I would probably fall asleep if I were to watch it. Not that I am not interested but I doubt the news will surprise me. Unless they claim proof of aliens or that square planets actually do exist I doubt I will be very surprised. Still....I am curious.

 

[Sterlino]

i am watching it now.


i feel very excited.

something of important apparently


FIRST CONTACT ?????!!!

 

[ArchEmperor]

OH MY GOD! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! I was right all along!

 

[CMDR Reaper]

HOLY **** they have found a planet made of cheese :O

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

UPDATE:

Ok, no cheese. But 7 earth size planets, 3 of them in the habitable zone. Not bad.

 

[mossfoot]

I gotta admit, I'd like to see tidally locked planets rendered that way in game (like d and f) where there is a huge diff between the light and dark sides of the planets!

[video=youtube_share;bnKFaAS30X8]https://youtu.be/bnKFaAS30X8[/video]

 

[Patrick_68000]

But 7 earth size planets, 3 of them in the habitable zone. Not bad.

Our future is guaranteed

 

[Winterwalker]

7 earth size planets, 3 of them in the habitable zone. Not bad.

Not bad at all. The chances of meeting a blue haired space babe (who isn't evolved to live on a 10g planet) just increased significantly? I'm not sure which makes me feel smaller though; the possible fact of eath size planets being very rare in goldilocks zones .. or the fact there might be tons of them.

 

[mossfoot]

Not bad at all. The chances of meeting a blue haired space babe (who isn't evolved to live on a 10g planet) just increased significantly? I'm not sure which makes me feel smaller though; the possible fact of eath size planets being very rare in goldilocks zones .. or the fact there might be tons of them.

To paraphrase Arthur C Clarke: both are equally terrifying

 

[Rollo]

Cool stuff, and their names shall be: Achel, Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren and La Trappe. Personally I prefer the Westmalle.

 

[Mazhurg]

I'd be curious on how this new discovery fits within the Elite Dangerous nursery/foundry generation parameters.

 

[marx]

I'd be curious on how this new discovery fits within the Elite Dangerous nursery/foundry generation parameters.

Looking at the semi-major axes of the exoplanets, I don't think the Stellar Forge would come up with Earth-sized planets this close to a system main star, even the coolest of dwarfs.
It would be cool if Frontier tweaked things to make such possible though.

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