Stive Pesley Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/22/nasa-announcement-live/ Aliens!* Quote In contrast to our sun, the TRAPPIST-1 star – classified as an ultra-cool dwarf – is so cool that liquid water could survive on planets orbiting very close to it, closer than is possible on planets in our solar system. All seven of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary orbits are closer to their host star than Mercury is to our sun. The planets also are very close to each other. If a person was standing on one of the planet’s surface, they could gaze up and potentially see geological features or clouds of neighboring worlds, which would sometimes appear larger than the moon in Earth's sky *potentially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Thank god it's about a new galaxy, I thought it was a thread about ***** beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHorseRam Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 29 minutes ago, StivePesley said: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/22/nasa-announcement-live/ Aliens!* *potentially I do wish they'd stop discovering new planets and galaxies, as one day there will be a massive Alien invasion fleet. And 2% defence spending ain't gonna cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Trump will build a force field, and make the aliens pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Amazing stuff, it will be good to have somewhere relatively close by in our galaxy to go to, after we destroy this planet. Although 400 trillion km is a bit of a hike. Not much to fear from aliens I don't think, we've been send out unambiguous biosignatures from this planet, via the light passing through the atmosphere for more than 2,000,000,000 years. Any civilizations within roughly 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kms away with powerful enough telescopes could see those. And yet not a single alien with an invasion fleet has bothered their tentacles to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 They are saying the biggest most exciting discovery in modern times, interesting stuff. Wonder if they have any good Defensive Midfielders there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I thought they would tell us they had found the planet that Trump is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 In a couple of hundred years we may have solved the problem of getting there, perhaps only to find a private property sign with a pic of a snarling hell hound and maybe there's a law that says any race that mistreats it's native planet is not allowed to muck up any others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHorseRam Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 22/02/2017 at 23:43, Highgate said: Amazing stuff, it will be good to have somewhere relatively close by in our galaxy to go to, after we destroy this planet. Although 400 trillion km is a bit of a hike. Not much to fear from aliens I don't think, we've been send out unambiguous biosignatures from this planet, via the light passing through the atmosphere for more than 2,000,000,000 years. Any civilizations within roughly 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kms away with powerful enough telescopes could see those. And yet not a single alien with an invasion fleet has bothered their tentacles to show up. I reckon they are all around us, but make great efforts to not be noticed. Having seen the way we behave, they put the central locking on in the flying saucers and zip on by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 22/02/2017 at 20:13, Boycie said: Thank god it's about a new galaxy, I thought it was a thread about ***** beer. Oh. I was just going to send my application off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 13 hours ago, TexasRam said: They are saying the biggest most exciting discovery in modern times, interesting stuff. Wonder if they have any good Defensive Midfielders there? I've heard we are supposed to be signing a Trappist Centre-Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 7 hours ago, StivePesley said: I've heard we are supposed to be signing a Trappist Centre-Back That signings light years away too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 7 hours ago, StivePesley said: I've heard we are supposed to be signing a Trappist Centre-Back Not another in-pulsar purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Stellar signing, but could leave a black hole in the finances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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