A few weeks ago scientists found a new planet that could support life, but one side is always night, and the other day, what is your opinion on it, should we explore or leave it
Umm... actually the term 'Gliese 581' refers to the red dwarf star about 21 light years from our current position, and it was discovered mid-2009, not a few weeks ago. If you are talking about the planets in that star's system then you are likely referring to Gliese 581c and/or Gliese 581g. These are earth-like planets which may be in the 'habitable zone' of nearby Gliese 581. They were also discovered much longer than a few weeks ago... Gliese 581g was only recently categorized, though, which may be what you are referring to. Gliese 581f was very recently discovered, which fits your timeline, but it is not likely to be far enough inside the 'habitable zone' of it's parent star to support life.
well i saw on the news a few weeks ago, and it wasn't one of the bull news, it showed a new planet, but i only saw a moment of it, so i researcged it bit. It said Gliese 581 somethin or other, about a qaudrillion and one things have passed through my brain since i saw it, so im a bit fuzzy on it
Didn't they say it could support some sort of life, but it's probably not habitable for humans, or atleast we wouldn't want to live there? I think I read that in some link somebody posted on here before...
Eventually we should look into it, but for now I don't think we will have a chance. My world geography teacher said that if you could travel at the speed of light, it would take you 20 years to get there.
Here's what I read. Gleise 581c does not rotate. So, it's daylight side is always sunny and the night side is always dark. In the light the temperature is predicted to be at 160 degrees F. In the dark side as low as -20 degrees F. But, there is this "rainbow" zone where the two meet. They predict that should be a good zone to be.
Instead of traveling at the speed of light, we need to bend space/time. You know know, go through a wormhole. 20 years is a long time.
Instead of traveling at the speed of light, we need to bend space/time. You know know, go through a wormhole. 20 years is a long time.
Hmm.. and in how many years will we be able to do that? But you're right, to assure fluid contact between earth and other planets we would have to use wormholes and other tricks. First we need to get there though.
Anyways.. You know, there's another alien world we still have to discover, it's nearer than 20 lightyears away and I guarantee you that there are living beings there, and not only unicellulars; even with a small risk of a primitive sentient race... ...If only we'd put as much effort in deep sea research as we do in space research...
...If only we'd put as much effort in deep sea research as we do in space research...
True, however the interesting thing about that is that it's easier to get into space than to the bottom of the ocean. See, the massive pressure from going down to the bottom of the ocean makes it extremely difficult to build a craft which could survive at great depths, especially for long periods of time.
Consider our best submarine ships, even they can't go much lower than 500-750m without being crushed, yet the ocean floor, in many places, is 1500m or more. We will get to exploring more of our oceans, we just need to develop better technology.
