Dusty Disc May Mean Other Earths

DoraLives writes "According to the BBC, astronomers say they have evidence for Earth-like planets orbiting a nearby star. The star in question is Vega, which is nice and close (as stars go), quite young (also as stars go), and one of the brightest stars in the sky. Apparently, 'Vega has a disc of dust circling it, and at least one large planet which could sweep debris aside allowing smaller worlds like Earth to exist.' Should be interesting to keep an eye on it as the years roll by as the disk rotates and our optical powers keep growing."

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What's interesting may not be answerable

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The previous poster made a valid argument, but yours is just opinion. Opinions are like anuses, everyone has one.

Furthermore whatever the chances of there being life, the chance that there being interesting, contactable life surely must be a more difficult calculation that can only be answered by our descendents. Scientists prefer a valid hypothesis, teatable in our lifetime, compared to whatever interesting questions one can pose. Thus, on this grounds of science, the interesting scenario that you mention cannot be that interesting.