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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 22, 2017 16:57:07 GMT -5
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 22, 2017 18:37:31 GMT -5
It's amazing. Most of them orbit their star in just a few days. Incredible.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Feb 22, 2017 21:37:02 GMT -5
How soon can we leave this shit hole for one of them?
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Post by crabbymelt on Feb 22, 2017 21:45:26 GMT -5
Is one named Vulcan?
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Feb 22, 2017 22:19:06 GMT -5
I am beyond fascinated and beyond frustrated that I can't live long enough to find out everything I want to know about this news.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 22, 2017 22:28:26 GMT -5
These stars and planets need to get proper names.
It sucks when NASA come out with statements like "Today we discovered that Reference Catagory 474937 has planets orbiting it, the largest of which is Reference Catagory 474937-E"
Today if they announced that the star Gorgon has seven planets orbiting it, the largest of which Gorgon III orbits in only 20 days"
"Gorgon star system" would immediately start trending. NASA could then create logos for it. Official Gorgonian merchandise could then be released, bringing extra funds to NASA.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Feb 22, 2017 22:33:39 GMT -5
These stars and planets need to get proper names. It sucks when NASA come out with statements like "Today we discovered that Reference Catagory 474937 has planets orbiting it, the largest of which is Reference Catagory 474937-E" Today if they announced that the star Gorgon has seven planets orbiting it, the largest of which Gorgon III orbits in only 20 days" "Gorgon star system" would immediately start trending. NASA could then create logos for it. Official Gorgonian merchandise could then be released, bringing extra funds to NASA. Averaging two likes per minute because of this thread. "She's heaaaating uuuup!" [/NBAJam] |
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Post by Fade on Feb 23, 2017 1:33:19 GMT -5
I am beyond fascinated and beyond frustrated that I can't live long enough to find out everything I want to know about this news. This is what I was thinking all day about it, honestly. If we (as a species) survive long enough, this age will be looked on as discovering the wheel. They're like, what, 30 light years away? Damn. The coolest aspect is that the planets are so close to each other they can see the other planets with a blind eye...through the scope of thousands or millions of years, that's an incredible Sci-Fi Book/Movie waiting to happen. |
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 23, 2017 1:38:10 GMT -5
The one thing I hope happens before I croak is 100% proof of life on other planets. I believe there's life out there, given how many planets and stars there are it's ridiculous to think we're the only one with life.
I'd settle even for 100% proof of bacterial life.
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Post by Fade on Feb 23, 2017 2:06:22 GMT -5
The one thing I hope happens before I croak is 100% proof of life on other planets. I believe there's life out there, given how many planets and stars there are it's ridiculous to think we're the only one with life. I'd settle even for 100% proof of bacterial life. I'm convinced intelligent life has observed us and went "Naaaaah fam, I'm good" in alien terminology of course. |
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Feb 23, 2017 2:45:48 GMT -5
On one hand, I'm glad we'll likely only see the tip of the iceberg of this stuff in our lifetimes. Things are gonna get scary once we find something significant out there. On the other, man would it be fascinating to be alive centuries from now to see it all unfold.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 23, 2017 6:20:25 GMT -5
I am beyond fascinated and beyond frustrated that I can't live long enough to find out everything I want to know about this news. We have to plan ahead. For example, Sedna, which is probably a dwarf planet, takes 11,000 years to orbit the Sun, but by sheer good fortune, it will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, but if we send a probe in 2030, it can be intercepted and photographed. We won't get another chance to do it. linkJust look at Alan Stern and the New Horizons team. Not only did they successfully plan a fly by of Pluto, but in January 2019, the same probe will intercept another likely dwarf planet. link |
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Feb 23, 2017 15:52:48 GMT -5
So they jobbed Pluto out of its slot as a planet and are now pushing these planets that are not even in the Galaxy.
When will NASA learn??
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Post by Lupin the Third on Feb 23, 2017 16:00:56 GMT -5
We found it. We found.....Gallifrey.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Feb 23, 2017 19:15:01 GMT -5
You better believe in the future they will be naming planets after sci-fi planets.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Feb 23, 2017 19:32:15 GMT -5
please tell me someone claimed them before bigfoot did
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Feb 23, 2017 21:24:12 GMT -5
So they jobbed Pluto out of its slot as a planet and are now pushing these planets that are not even in the Galaxy. When will NASA learn?? LOLNASA |
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