BREAKING NEWS: Earth like planet found near the outside our Solar System

[gozza]

Originally Posted by Grum

People are forgetting that if this planet is 100billion light years away. The light that we are seeing to “look” at the planet is 100billion year’s old, essentially looking back in time. So it is theoretically possible that in relation to our time frame this planet and/or its star don’t even exist anymore!
Its all to crazy to think about!

or there could be life on the planet already

[muppet]

Originally Posted by Grum

People are forgetting that if this planet is 100billion light years away. The light that we are seeing to “look” at the planet is 100billion year’s old, essentially looking back in time. So it is theoretically possible that in relation to our time frame this planet and/or its star don’t even exist anymore!
Its all to crazy to think about!

It's only 20 light years away, so just a stroll around the block realy lol .

[gozza]

a million solar systems are formed in the universe everyhour

i do not claim to understand this but its quite interesting

"With 10 to the 11th stars in our galaxy and 10 to the 9th other galaxies, there are at least 10 to the 20th stars in the universe. Most of them may be accompanied by solar systems. If there are 10 to the 20th solar systems in the universe, and the universe is 10 to the 10th years old -- and if, further, solar systems have formed roughly uniformly in time -- then one solar system is formed every 10 to the negative 10 yr = 3 x 10 to the negative 3 seconds. On the average, a million solar systems are formed in the universe each hour."

[muppet]

speed of light = 299,792,458 metres/second lol .

[XW 393]

The aliens are having a lend of every one.
They are holding up a big mirror.
Silly, silly humans.

[dan.76]

we need a gap drive

[gtfpv]

so they can tell all this . by the wobble of a light wave frequency? dont ya just love science?? they say it is fact , that if you count every grain of sand on earth . there would be more stars in space . and each many lightyears from the other . **** that , the question is . should i have a beer or a panadol. ?????

[dan.76]

beer now , panadol later lol

[xr6ist]

The only drag effect in space is gravity as far as im aware i think the theory is that if you push someone of a space ship while the space ship is moving at full speed and then turn around and try to rescue that person you would never catch them because there moving as fast as you can go so they would always stay the same distance ahead i saw it on futurama when bender meet god. LMAO

[GTS_300_Coupe]

Hey anybody seen that Sunshine movie thats out currently at cinemas?
If you love anything about astronomy or just sci-fi in general make sure you go see it!

AWESOME MOVIE!!

[XRchic]

I already know my IQ.... :P

[sexyxe]

IQ of 138, i have done that on before i think, unless they are all the same, i dont really know how reliable it is. Im currently studying Aeronautical Engineering so maybe its true? We wont ever travel at the speed of light, massless particles can, we cant. But good find, i agree with what people have said about the whole why do we believe that everything must exist like us statements.

[XRchic]

There is no drag in space. There is no air to provide any resistance to an object, hence drag. Vacuum. An object has no weight in a vacuum. Therefore the only energy required to be expended is to get the vehicle a) escape from the gavitational field it is being launched from and b) acceleration. Once the required speed has been met, outside of a gravitational field, then no more energy is required for speed to remain constant.

The only other energy requirement would be for a change of direction, such as a directional thruster of some kind which would be fired in the exact opposite direction to the desired direction of travel, just for a short burst.

So once you leave Earth, are in space, and do not particularly want to change direction and do not pass too close to any other large objects with gravity, you will not need any energy to get to your destination... unless you want to speed up of course.

Hope that makes sense.