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**Black H@t** · (This post was last modified: 04-27-2012 12:35 PM by Black H@t.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...4i_Gicuxjs

An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet beyond our solar system, which could have perfect conditions for life. The new planet is 22 light years away and orbits its own sun-like star in just the right distance to inherit a moderate climate. So water should be liquid and the surface temperatures are expected to be similar to the Earth.

The planet is called Gliese 667Cc and was discovered indirectly with the radio-velocity method of the HARPS telescope in La Silla, Chile. It is only the fourth discovery of its kind.

Twenty years ago, scientists were arguing whether extra-solar planets existed in the universe. Nowadays scientists discover new planets beyond our solar system nearly every week. State-of-the-art telescopes are able to locate planets, which have only three or four times the mass of the Earth. These discoveries could one day help astronomers find life in one of these worlds.

Guillem Anglada-Escudé from the University Göttingen, Germany, is one of the main astronomers, who helped to confirm the existence of the new planet. It is called Gliese 667Cc and is orbiting around a red dwarf star, 22 light years away from the earth. Red dwarf stars are the most common stars in the neighborhood of the sun. Usually they host planets called gas giants which are not primarly composed of rock matter.

Anglada-Escudé and his colleagues have re-analysed data from the European Southern Observatory. These observations suggest, that Gliese 667 Cc is a solid planet with approximately 4.5 times the mass of the Earth. Astronomers now believe that habitable planets could be much more common in our universe than previously assumed.

The scientists have calculated that Gliese 667Cc receives 10 % less light from its red dwarf star than the Earth from the Sun. Nevertheless most of the light is in the infrared area . Therefore, the new planet receives nearly the same amount of energy as the Earth. This means water on the planet could be liquid and the surface temperatures are expected to be similar to those of the Earth.

Steven Vogt is an astronomer from the University of California, Santa Cruz, whowas involved in the discovery of Gliese 667Cc, said: “It´s the Holy Grail of exo-planet research to find a planet orbiting around a star at the right distance so it´s not too close where it would lose all its water and not too far where it would freeze. It´s right there in the habitable zone – there´s no question or discussion about it. It is not on the edge. It is right in there.”

Source: Time to Point SETA in that direction Cheer

http://www.youris.com/Environment/Space/...scovery.kl

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 04-27-2012 07:01 PM **Posts: 20,357**

**Galaxy**

I've read that story in a Dutch article.

Couldn't an Englist version, so i didn't post.

Interesting stuff..

**FreedomStands**

I WANT TO GO THERE!

GET THEM TO INVENT LIGHTSPEED VEHICLES AND WE CAN BE THERE FAST!!!!!!!!!

If we let these F*CKERS over there, they will ruin that place too.

AS SOON AS I SET FOOT ON THAT PLANET I'LL START KILLING THE ADMINISTRATORS!

**Wolf Pup**

Another awesome post OP!!!

Cheer

**CooterBrown**

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Nice find ... One Earth-like planet down ... Only a few trillion more to go chuckle

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**LooneyBin**

One day we will built big, fast ships to travel to these stars.

We will take years to get to these specs in space.

We will find out that the specs we see are really only dust on the outside of the glass.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91319 04-27-2012 07:28 PM

bacteria and viruses

we got em, and would there be different varieties on the planet

and like in the book war of the worlds (and movie)

would we survive, or worse, kill off that planet?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 93062 04-27-2012 07:29 PM

No earth was discovered. They have a theory a planet could inhabit the region. Yet, the Bible says God created earth special. Big bang has been debunked. Earth did not cool down over bazzillions of fictitious years as they claim planets form.

"It is not known with certainty how planets are formed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet#Formation

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 49195 04-27-2012 07:44 PM

FreedomStands Wrote:

I WANT TO GO THERE!

GET THEM TO INVENT LIGHTSPEED VEHICLES AND WE CAN BE THERE FAST!!!!!!!!!

If we let these F*CKERS over there, they will ruin that place too.

AS SOON AS I SET FOOT ON THAT PLANET I'LL START KILLING THE ADMINISTRATORS!

You have not done a good job here with the extermination, so go back and eat a banana.
Just like putting ketchup on eggs. One mans ruin may be another prep of tastie treats.

**CooterBrown** · (This post was last modified: 04-27-2012 07:58 PM by CooterBrown.)

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I see the shills for medievil moranic mythologies have been here chuckle

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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 55042 04-27-2012 07:59 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

No earth was discovered. They have a theory a planet could inhabit the region. Yet, the Bible says God created earth special. Big bang has been debunked. Earth did not cool down over bazzillions of fictitious years as they claim planets form.

"It is not known with certainty how planets are formed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet#Formation

You are a retard.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 55042 04-27-2012 08:00 PM

LoP Guest Wrote:

No earth was discovered. They have a theory a planet could inhabit the region. Yet, the Bible says God created earth special. Big bang has been debunked. Earth did not cool down over bazzillions of fictitious years as they claim planets form.

"It is not known with certainty how planets are formed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet#Formation

You are a retard.

**Mark** lop guest User ID: 31637 04-27-2012 08:08 PM

Nobody seems to catch that, though earthlike, it is NOT a place where we could live. It has 4.5 times the mass of Earth, so it has 4.5 times the Gravity. If you weighed 170 lbs on earth you'd weigh 765 lbs there. Really want to lug all that weight around?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 93074 04-27-2012 08:11 PM

Mark Wrote:

Nobody seems to catch that, though earthlike, it is NOT a place where we could live. It has 4.5 times the mass of Earth, so it has 4.5 times the Gravity. If you weighed 170 lbs on earth you'd weigh 765 lbs there. Really want to lug all that weight around?

There's no proof it even exists. No pics or any actual evidence. It is just a theory associated with the discredited 'big bang' mythos.