Dragon Jedi0 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So, since this is a forum about alien lifeforms from another solar system, I thought this article, and topic in general, would be interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-telescope-confirms-alien-planet-habitable-zone-162005358.html Honestly, though, what good is it finding habitable planets if we can't get to them in our lifetime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furygun81 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 If we can live on this planet, surely there are lifeforms that can live on other planets? Maybe they've evolved to live with the conditions etc. Maybe they have separate countries and cultures like us, or perhaps they are all one hive mind. I think that there has to be life somewhere out there, what are the odds of having just one habitable planet in the entire universe? Maybe we are both searching for life the same way, but are just looking in the wrong direction? It will be good if they can confirm any life on other planets, even if they are unreachable. Maybe their technology will be far more advanced, and they might come and visit us... In other news, here's an article from 2010 about a sighting on Mars. Most are saying it's either a rock or faked, but I'm not so sure. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Orange Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Look a habitable planet that could host alien lifeforms. ... Wait 600 light-years away? Looks like we are not going to, you know, check it out. At least for a long time. :troll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCPeppyTc Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 We can do it on Mars. There is both water adn alien life forms there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scourge Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Am i the only one concerned by the whole 2.6 x earth's gravity thing? Hey lets go exploring! *lands on planet, turns to puddle* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniper Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 We can do it on Mars. There is both water adn alien life forms there http://racetomars.ca...ticle_water.jsp there technically isn't water that matters on Mars. it is so cold that there is no chance of the ice melting into water. I sincerely doubt that there are life forms on mars as well judging by the necessities for life that all the known creatures and life forms have. Mars could maybe once have supported life as we know it, but definitely can't now. As to the planet 600 light years away, it is intriguing that we found it for sure and it would be interesting to send a "colony" of sorts on a spaceship to eventually reach it. Overall we travel much too slowly to make it for a very long time (since currently our rockets can only travel roughly .01% the speed of light). If we could somehow develop a spaceship that was able to travel a little less than the speed of light, then it would be worth investigating since people moving at such a high speed would age much slower according to relativity and it wouldn't take too many spaceship generations to reach the destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Yea, at this point i don't think we should just parous on to so inhabitable planet. At this point micro life is probably the best thing you'll find there. And thats very capable of being harmful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shaper Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 http://racetomars.ca...ticle_water.jsp there technically isn't water that matters on Mars. it is so cold that there is no chance of the ice melting into water. I sincerely doubt that there are life forms on mars as well judging by the necessities for life that all the known creatures and life forms have. Mars could maybe once have supported life as we know it, but definitely can't now. Unless one of the planets dormant volcanoes wasn't dead after all, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticQuery Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Here's some food for thought; if we find an advanced alien civilization, who's to say that they won't overpower us, throw our species into cages, and then prod us with sticks? Humans would most likely do the same if we had discovered an "inferior" species (similar to how the world reacts to animals at the present), but what if the roles were reversed? O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballisticwaffles Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 For the simple reason of cause its good to know things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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