Life in in the constellation Puppis (the Stern) ?

Alexa · 05-20-2006, 12:48 AM

Scientists found 3 medium planets around a sun like star 41 light-years away in the constellation Puppis (the Stern) using the Doppler or "wobble," technique (the astronomers infer the presence of a planet by measuring the gravitational influence it exerts on its parent star).

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"For the first time, we have discovered a planetary system composed of several Neptune-mass planets," said study team member Christophe Lovis of the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland.
The setup is similar to our own solar system in many ways: The outermost planet is located just within the star's habitable zone, where temperatures are moderate enough for liquid water to form, and the system also contains an asteroid belt.
The newly discovered planets have masses of about 10, 12 and 18 times that of Earth and they zip around the star in rapid orbits of about 9, 32 and 197 days, respectively.

What do you think ? Could we find life on them ?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/05/18/extrasolar.planets/index.html

steve12553 · 05-20-2006, 04:22 AM

The gravity of a Neptune sized star would probably not be condusive to life as we know it. On the other hand that doesn't rule out a whole lot.

Alexa · 05-22-2006, 03:28 PM

Anyway it's a good news they can go so far to check for other constallations.

I really wish they could find life on other planets. Preferable more advanced in technology and wiser than humans.

steve12553 · 05-22-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexa

I really wish they could find life on other planets. Preferable more advanced in technology and wiser than humans.

I'd be afraid that they would be smarter but not wiser.

Leto · 05-23-2006, 07:59 AM

The wiser one would stay away from all of detection probe ?