Alien Solar System Much Like Ours

MrGort writes "Wired News reports that British astronomers say they found the first sun-like star with a giant gas planet in an orbit similar to Jupiter's, which leaves plenty of room for worlds like Earth and Mars. This system is a quick 90 light years away. The similar solar system to ours means that this gas giant could attract most of the debris, allowing smaller planets closer to the sun to develop like ours did!"

Comments

90 Million Light Years?

[Markus Registrada]

Wow, what a great telescope! If I could see that well, I could spot a quark on Pluto from here without even squinting.

Of course the article said 90 light years, which is way too far to walk (or drive) anyway. (We are 8 light minutes from the sun, and it would take your whole life and part of your kids' to drive that far.)

Re:90 Million Light Years?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you were going fast enough it wouldn't be so long (for you anyway, nevermind earth people).

patent

[pyrrho]

This other solar system, it does know that we've patented the planetary creation process... right?

10 billion years of back license royalties... wehooo!

Re:This is not Star Trek

[Anonymous Coward]

I think Mister Smarty-Pants here hasn't heard of wormholes.

'Eddies,' he said, 'in the space time continuum.'

'Ah. Is he? Is he?!

Cosmic Wonders!

[Anonymous Coward]

Whatever they find there, it just ain't gonna compare to the cosmic goatse.cx.

Don't worry, kids, it's a NASA site!

we might be able to find intelligent life.

[McAddress]

All we have to do now is make a craft that can go 90 light years within a reasonable amount of time. minor detail.

And one other detail, we have been mostly unsuccessful at finding intelligent life on earth, what makes us think we can find it somewhere else?

holy crap

[AssFace]

After reading that, I can definitely walk away with one thing firm in my mind:

You must get laid incredibly often with that schpiel