Recently Discovered Habitable World May Not Exist

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Recently Discovered Habitable World May Not Exist

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @10:53AM from the that's-not-so-hot dept.

sciencehabit better let Greg Dean know that "Two weeks ago, U.S.-based astronomers announced the discovery of the first Goldilocks planet circling another star: just the right size and just the right temperature to harbor alien life. But yesterday at an exoplanet meeting in Turin, Italy, Switzerland-based astronomers announced that they could find no trace of the prized planet in their observations of the same planetary system."

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Duh! by mizaru · 2010-10-12 11:17 · Score: 0, Redundant

It's obviously a quantum planet!
You are all fooled. by dicobalt · 2010-10-12 11:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

Give me a break. They found out we spotted their planet so they decided to cloak it. Cloaked planets are a common thing, ask any starship captain.
Destroyed..by the Empire by jdigriz · 2010-10-12 11:25 · Score: 0, Redundant

I think they can be justifiably proud of this technological terror they've constructed.
Re:Theory... by u17 · 2010-10-12 12:16 · Score: 0, Redundant

A teenage mutant ninja traitor conspiracy!
Re:Data Sets by NemoinSpace · 2010-10-12 12:18 · Score: 0, Redundant

If, however, U.S. analysis of the Swiss data sets similarly yields a no planet result, and Swiss analysis of U.S. data sets yields a planet exists result, then you can conclude...
that neither group is good at metric conversions!
Re:Data Sets by u17 · 2010-10-12 12:19 · Score: 0, Redundant

circular logic is easy as pi
Re:sigh by aardvarkjoe · 2010-10-12 12:58 · Score: 0, Redundant

It was only 120 something years ago when Schiappareli "discovered" the Martian canals, and stirred the great debate about civilization there.
Obviously the Martians went to Gliese 581 after we discovered them. They've just realized that they didn't move far enough away.

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Re:Data Sets by yotto · 2010-10-12 13:10 · Score: 0, Redundant

A=1
B=-2
C=-3
Q.E.D.

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Re:Negligent fools by Cussin_IT · 2010-10-12 13:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

Bolocks.
I think you'll find that the local planning office was at Alpha Centari, and presumably said hyperspace bypass is heading in the direction of earth

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Re:sigh by siddesu · 2010-10-12 14:18 · Score: 0, Redundant

Well, they must have just realized they didn't move far enough 20 years ago.
That's no moon by deodiaus2 · 2010-10-12 14:56 · Score: 0, Redundant

That's no moon.
That's Uranus!