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Holy Diver 03-30-2011 03:53 PM
1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
Every exoplanet orbiting every star discovered by the Kepler telescope

This amazing image takes all 1,235 of the candidate planets spotted by NASA's Kepler telescope, and then shows them in orbit around their stars. And all of this is still just the tiniest fraction of the entire Milky Way.

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This is such a cool perspective, to think how far we have come in such a short time in exploring our universe, and the to understand the scope of what is unknown...


1,235 planets discovered, only a fraction of our own galaxy actually searched.

PatsFanInVa 03-30-2011 04:04 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
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Originally Posted by Holy Diver (Post 2510384)
Every exoplanet orbiting every star discovered by the Kepler telescope

This amazing image takes all 1,235 of the candidate planets spotted by NASA's Kepler telescope, and then shows them in orbit around their stars. And all of this is still just the tiniest fraction of the entire Milky Way.

================================================== ==============

This is such a cool perspective, to think how far we have come in such a short time in exploring our universe, and the to understand the scope of what is unknown...


1,235 planets discovered, only a fraction of our own galaxy actually searched.
and the Milky Way is such a tiny fraction of the universe... the cool thing is that planetary formation seems to be fairly common. So, that's one term in the equation for extraterrestrial life solved (if you're interested in that whole "are we alone" thing.)

Holy Diver 03-30-2011 04:29 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
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Originally Posted by PatsFanInVa (Post 2510391)
and the Milky Way is such a tiny fraction of the universe... the cool thing is that planetary formation seems to be fairly common. So, that's one term in the equation for extraterrestrial life solved (if you're interested in that whole "are we alone" thing.)
I think the odds of Humans and life on Earth being an accident shrink each day. If you are a person who has faith, then you certainly believe in extra terrestrial life, every text from the bible to the quran speak of "those who came from the sky/heavens"

If science thinks its probable, and religions base their texts on it, and the Vatican currently accepts it....


who is still a skeptic? The terrorists?

PatsFanInVa 03-30-2011 04:42 PM
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Don't get me wrong, I don't want to meet the bastids. Hawking reminds us to think of the American Indians meeting the Europeans. Um, that can happen. Best we can do is introduce ET to cigarettes as a slow-burning revenge tactic.

Holy Diver 03-30-2011 04:47 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
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Originally Posted by PatsFanInVa (Post 2510424)
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to meet the bastids. Hawking reminds us to think of the American Indians meeting the Europeans. Um, that can happen. Best we can do is introduce ET to cigarettes as a slow-burning revenge tactic.
better yet...introduce them to Supply Side Economics....

but we are drifting.

The Brandon Five 03-30-2011 08:28 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
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Originally Posted by Holy Diver (Post 2510418)
I think the odds of Humans and life on Earth being an accident shrink each day. If you are a person who has faith, then you certainly believe in extra terrestrial life, every text from the bible to the quran speak of "those who came from the sky/heavens"

If science thinks its probable, and religions base their texts on it, and the Vatican currently accepts it....


who is still a skeptic? The terrorists?

The problem is that many scientists do not think it is possible, hence the need for the multiverse theory.

PatsFanInVa 03-30-2011 08:38 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
Which scientists say extraterrestrial life is not possible?

It seems at odds with, well, the odds.

IcyPatriot 03-30-2011 08:53 PM
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May I add the first ever orbital photo of Mercury.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...77871i.cal.jpg
First-ever image of Mercury from orbit

The Brandon Five 03-30-2011 10:25 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
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Originally Posted by PatsFanInVa (Post 2510523)
Which scientists say extraterrestrial life is not possible?

It seems at odds with, well, the odds.
Not impossible. Improbable. Odds are against it.

Is physics watching over us? : Nature News

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In an argument that would have gratified the ancient Greeks, physicists have claimed that the prevailing theoretical view of the Universe is logically flawed. Arranging the cosmos as we think it is arranged, say the team, would have required a miracle1.

An ever-more-rapidly expanding Universe is destined to repeat itself, say Leonard Susskind of Stanford University, California, and his colleagues. But the chances that such re-runs would produce worlds like ours are infinitesimal.

So either space is not accelerating for the reasons we think it is, or we have yet to discover some principle of physics, the researchers conclude. Like a guardian angel, this principle would pick out those few initial states that lead to a Universe like ours, and then guide cosmic evolution so that it really does unfold this way.

The incomprehensibility of our situation even drives Susskind's team to ponder whether an "unknown agent intervened in the evolution [of the Universe] for reasons of its own". But creationists should not rejoice: even a god such as this can't explain how things got so strange.

chicowalker 03-30-2011 11:25 PM
Re: 1,235 Planets in our universe ... and counting
 
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Originally Posted by The Brandon Five (Post 2510572)
Not impossible. Improbable. Odds are against it....
What "odds"?

and what you cited doesn't seem to be addressing the likelihood of extraterrestrial life


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