Scientists spot a new Earthlike planet

**Jared Moya** · January 25th, 2006, 11:37 AM

‘Microlensing’ detects faraway world just 5.5 times bigger than our own.

Astronomers on Wednesday announced the discovery of what is possibly the smallest planet known outside our solar system orbiting a normal star.

Its orbit is farther from its host star than Earth is from the sun. Most known extrasolar planets reside inside the equivalent of Mercury’s orbit.

The planet is estimated to be about 5.5 times as massive as Earth and thought to be rocky. It orbits a red dwarf star about 28,000 light-years away. Red dwarfs are about one-fifth as massive as the sun and up to 50 times fainter. But they are among the most common stars in the universe.

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**boogiedan** · January 25th, 2006, 01:05 PM

yeah , just heard this on the news

proves theres a hell of a lot more space than we think

**DigitalJunkie** · January 25th, 2006, 02:35 PM

If time can be infinite, why can't space also be infinite?

**kokanezub** · January 25th, 2006, 02:59 PM

space..if i run in my house im bound to hit a wall...but in space,were do u end up? there is life there is life that is more advanced and some that are less.

**notbob** · January 25th, 2006, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by soulxtc

‘Microlensing’ detects faraway world just 5.5 times bigger than our own.

Astronomers on Wednesday announced the discovery of what is possibly the smallest planet known outside our solar system orbiting a normal star.

Its orbit is farther from its host star than Earth is from the sun. Most known extrasolar planets reside inside the equivalent of Mercury’s orbit.

The planet is estimated to be about 5.5 times as massive as Earth and thought to be rocky. It orbits a red dwarf star about 28,000 light-years away. Red dwarfs are about one-fifth as massive as the sun and up to 50 times fainter. But they are among the most common stars in the universe.

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a red dwarf is not a normal star

it's a red dwarf

**Auggie2k** · January 25th, 2006, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by DigitalJunkie

If time can be infinite, why can't space also be infinite?

It's so big, it practically is.

**pimpinaman** · January 25th, 2006, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by soulxtc

‘Microlensing’ detects faraway world just 5.5 times bigger than our own.

Astronomers on Wednesday announced the discovery of what is possibly the smallest planet known outside our solar system orbiting a normal star.

Its orbit is farther from its host star than Earth is from the sun. Most known extrasolar planets reside inside the equivalent of Mercury’s orbit.

The planet is estimated to be about 5.5 times as massive as Earth and thought to be rocky. It orbits a red dwarf star about 28,000 light-years away. Red dwarfs are about one-fifth as massive as the sun and up to 50 times fainter. But they are among the most common stars in the universe.

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So how long would it take to get from Earth to there? Seems like it would take a REALLY long time to get there. By then the Earth will be all F-ed up, and we won't be able to check it out. And if the red dwarf is only 1/5th the size of our sun, if folks could get there , they would hope for global warming. Seems like it might be kind of a chilly place....cyrogenics to get there, and to make the temperture comfortable?

**Mels_Smileys45** · January 25th, 2006, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by pimpinaman

So how long would it take to get from Earth to there? Seems like it would take a REALLY long time to get there. By then the Earth will be all F-ed up, and we won't be able to check it out. And if the red dwarf is only 1/5th the size of our sun, if folks could get there , they would hope for global warming. Seems like it might be kind of a chilly place....cyrogenics to get there, and to make the temperture comfortable?

If we use the Stargate it will take a few seconds.

Dont ya think its very likely there is a multiverse? The infinitely large to the infinitely small. There could be billions upon billions of infinitesimally small universes floating around your head right now. Looking at the structure of all things, I think its likely that not only should we be seeking intelligent life in the large void but also in the great minute regions of the atomic world. When do things become too large or too small to be seen? If things can be so small that we have no idea that they are there or even that we are made up of them, can not there be things that are so large that we have no idea or comprehension of their existence.

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**mountain_rage** · January 25th, 2006, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45

If we use the Stargate it will take a few seconds.

Dont ya think its very likely there is a multiverse? The infinitely large to the infinitely small. There could be billions upon billions of infinitesimally small universes floating around your head right now. Looking at the structure of all things, I think its likely that not only should we be seeking intelligent life in the large void but also in the great minute regions of the atomic world. When do things become too large or too small to be seen? If things can be so small that we have no idea that they are there or even that we are made up of them, can not there be things that are so large that we have no idea or comprehension of their existence.

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Scientist from numerous countries are trying to prove a multidementional existance by smashing atoms. They are looking for a paticular particle that did not exist before smashing the attoms together. Basically if they find this particle its likely that they can claim parallel dimensions.

**Mels_Smileys45** · January 25th, 2006, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by mountain_rage

Scientist from numerous countries are trying to prove a multidementional existance by smashing atoms. They are looking for a paticular particle that did not exist before smashing the attoms together. Basically if they find this particle its likely that they can claim parallel dimensions.

Will this " intelligent disign" Prove the existence of a "mult God"?

**black_magiic** · January 25th, 2006, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by pimpinaman

So how long would it take to get from Earth to there? Seems like it would take a REALLY long time to get there. By then the Earth will be all F-ed up, and we won't be able to check it out. And if the red dwarf is only 1/5th the size of our sun, if folks could get there , they would hope for global warming. Seems like it might be kind of a chilly place....cyrogenics to get there, and to make the temperture comfortable?

Travelling at the speed of light it would take 28,000 years. The speed of light is around 1,079,252,848.8Km/h or 670,616,629.4 Mph. So it would take an unimaginably long time at current space travel speeds.

**mountain_rage** · January 25th, 2006, 10:27 PM

We have the capabilities of building a spacecraft that should theoretically travel at half the speed for light. Reching the proper speeds isnt really the problem its numerous other things that happen to reach and during those speeds.

Heres a good article
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/gmis9807.htm

**the great one** · January 25th, 2006, 10:56 PM

I would never trust a man made machine to take me anywhere in space.People can't seem to make trustworthy vehicles,while this isn't as much of a problem when you're on the ground on earth,when you get into space that's a whole other story entirely..

**Mels_Smileys45** · January 25th, 2006, 11:18 PM

We will never be able to take the long way across space in a ship. It would take too much time that our tiny life spans do not have and our mass would never be able to travel at the speed of light. We will have to use an Einstein-Rosen bridge for far off spave travel. Curved space time tunnels are becoming more accepted by physicists. A "Stargate" may actually be the real way we travel to far off civilizations

**the great one** · January 25th, 2006, 11:41 PM

I think you're probably right.I think wormholes are the most logical choice if the theory is correct

It's still too early to tell though,but maybe one day it will be possible.It's unlikely to happen in our lifetime though.