UM-Bot Posted May 10, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 10, 2016 The incredible new haul has more than doubled the total number of known extrasolar worlds to over 3,200. Discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope, this vast treasure trove of planets is thought to include at least 550 rocky terrestrial worlds as well as 9 that have been identified as potentially habitable. Read More: http://www.unexplain...1284-exoplanets 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted May 10, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Amazing accomplishment, especially after losing part of its attitude control. Also the declaration that they believe every star has at least one planet means the probability of life being found has just gone up again. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted May 10, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 10, 2016 What do you think, Merc? Will we find evidence of life on other planets within our lifetime? The tech just keeps getting better and better in shorter time frames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMoneyNick Posted May 10, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Well Dark_Grey, the chances of anything coming from mars are 1,000,000-1 they said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted May 10, 2016 #5 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I listened to quite a bit of it live. The thing that stood out the most was the percentage of possible signals that Kepler was able to confirm. Original estimates were in the low 20%s and after a time those estimates were revised into the 90%s. This was just a small patch of the sky and they'll be combing through this data for years to come. They also touched on the next two missions the TESS and the James Webb Telescope JWST over the next few years. I thought they did a great job of keeping the discussion moving and making it interesting for laymen. It was a nice presentation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 10, 2016 #6 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Let's hope the EM drive is for real so we have a chance of getting to some of these planets in a "reasonable" amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted May 10, 2016 #7 Share Posted May 10, 2016 What do you think, Merc? Will we find evidence of life on other planets within our lifetime? The tech just keeps getting better and better in shorter time frames SETI/seti@home analyze data 24/7/365. So the option is given that intelligent alien life could be detected within the next half an hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted May 10, 2016 #8 Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) What do you think, Merc? Will we find evidence of life on other planets within our lifetime? The tech just keeps getting better and better in shorter time frames The next gen telescopes start going on-line in 2018 with the launch of the JWST and every couple of years for the nest 8 or so another game changer comes on-line so our tools are going to get much better in the near term. Plus, in 2020, if goes a scheduled, the follow-on to Curiosity should launch for Mars and it will be dedicated to finding past and/or current signs of life on Mars. So, if I live another decade or so then I say yes, we will find some sign of life in our galaxy and/or solar system, especially with science now solidly behind that idea and aggressively searching for it. Life just seems so pervasive on our planet, existing in even the most hostile of places, that I can't imagine an empty universe. What do you think DG? Edited May 10, 2016 by Merc14 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted May 10, 2016 #9 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Oxygen has been found/confirmed on Mars too...I posted about it just a bit earlier... http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=294397 Not trying to divert the thread.... but just saying.... Now, we can get to Mars, conduct better tests etc.... but to get to an exoplanet is a whole other story, and maybe not in 'our' lifetimes, ie: those of you reading now.... so while its good news...its also.... frustratingly far away to send probes.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted May 10, 2016 #10 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Oxygen has been found/confirmed on Mars too...I posted about it just a bit earlier... http://www.unexplain...howtopic=294397 Not trying to divert the thread.... but just saying.... Now, we can get to Mars, conduct better tests etc.... but to get to an exoplanet is a whole other story, and maybe not in 'our' lifetimes, ie: those of you reading now.... so while its good news...its also.... frustratingly far away to send probes.... If SOFIA can capture, that imagine what the JWST will be able to do. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted May 11, 2016 #11 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) I've been waiting on the James Webb forever! It's going to be groundbreaking, and i feel like some major discoveries may come from it. It's exciting to even think about. Edited May 11, 2016 by xxxdemonxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted May 11, 2016 #12 Share Posted May 11, 2016 The advanced space-based imaging technologies and subsequent earth-based computing power for analysis just impresses me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted May 11, 2016 #13 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Carl Sagan would have just loved this stuff, sadly died too young. But, who knows, he might be in a place where, "nothing shall be hidden from them". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted May 11, 2016 #14 Share Posted May 11, 2016 "More planets than stars." With numbers like that, life is surely to be found elsewhere, It's just a matter of when, and by what means of detecting life, given the vast distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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