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Kepler Finds Five More Exoplanets
Arvisp was one of several readers to send news of five new exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope. In addition to the new "hot Jupiters" — the easiest targets to find — Kepler's early data has turned up some oddities, including something that is too hot to be a planet and too small to be a star. And one of the exoplanets is so fluffy that "it has the density of Styrofoam." The real news is that Kepler works as designed, and the scientists running it are fully confident that it will find Earth-like planets in some star's habitable zone, if they are out there to be found. Here is NASA's press release.
something that is too hot to be a planet and too small to be a star
And I'm guessing they've already ruled out the obvious?
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
just what are you suggesting here? if it wasn't for projects like kepler we'd have hoards of astrophysicists wandering the streets bothering people with their telescopes.
The one with the density of styrofoam actually is styrofoam. Thats the one I worked so hard on my sophomore year for Mr. Nixs earth science class.
It turned up missing and I got a D for the quarter. I actually don't need it anymore so you're welcome to use it as a planet or whatever.
I doubt it will sustain life, but it will hold a hatpin, which I suspended it from.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
Now we might actually have a chance of finding intelligent life in the universe!
And if we can get them to come to Earth, we could even have intelligent life on Earth!
wake up and hold your nose
Dude, chill. Check a couple stories back and you'll see they're just getting around to the flying cars everyone was promised would be here by now back in the 50s and you're bitching about 80s promises!
Relax and check back in another 20-30 years.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Why bicker? We know what was meant, get a life.
Actually...yeah. I mean, assuming the image is any good. How'd you manage to keep the chromatic and spherical aberration bearable at that aperature?
What if we find aliens who want To Serve Man?