Comments on: Astronomers Find First Habitable Earth-like Planet Outside Our Solar System. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102790 Will Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:43:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102790 This is by a good margin the most exciting news I've heard all week! This is by a good margin the most exciting news I’ve heard all week!

]]> By: Karial http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102753 Karial Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:16:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102753 whenever we evict whoever's currently resident at the planet ;) whenever we evict whoever’s currently resident at the planet ;)

]]> By: the Asocial Ape http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102475 the Asocial Ape Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:59:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102475 when do we go? when do we go?

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102443 Lasse Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:48:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102443 What are we waiting for?? Lets fire up the ion drives (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/prop06apr99_2.htm) and go!! What are we waiting for?? Lets fire up the ion drives (http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/prop06apr99_2.htm) and go!!

]]> By: Sahan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102440 Sahan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:43:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102440 Astronomers have made plenty of discoveries in recent years. A lot of which are very much related to us, even on a direct level. But a lot of their contributions go unnoticed by the public because there isn't media attention to those particular discoveries. If you look up a montly Astronomy journal there are tons of examples. But of those the only ones that get sifted to the general public are often pretty pictures and something like this. Astronomers have made plenty of discoveries in recent years. A lot of which are very much related to us, even on a direct level. But a lot of their contributions go unnoticed by the public because there isn’t media attention to those particular discoveries. If you look up a montly Astronomy journal there are tons of examples. But of those the only ones that get sifted to the general public are often pretty pictures and something like this.

]]> By: daku http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102412 daku Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:25:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102412 hopefully there will be no life there so we can move in right away. hopefully there will be no life there so we can move in right away.

]]> By: Ron http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102410 Ron Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:13:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102410 Guarantee no life is there. Guarantee no life is there.

]]> By: loorah http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102405 loorah Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:48:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102405 Hey hey, leave astronomers alone! It takes a lot of dedication to be content to observe galaxies from a distance. I find it the most admirable field in which discoveries occur BECAUSE the astronomers are working from such an incredible distance. It takes a lot of focus and attention to detail to notice a habitable planet near an extremely dim M type star. This made me extremely happy, and I'm proud of the astronomers who made the discovery. Hey hey, leave astronomers alone! It takes a lot of dedication to be content to observe galaxies from a distance. I find it the most admirable field in which discoveries occur BECAUSE the astronomers are working from such an incredible distance. It takes a lot of focus and attention to detail to notice a habitable planet near an extremely dim M type star.

This made me extremely happy, and I’m proud of the astronomers who made the discovery.

]]> By: Tom http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102396 Tom Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:53:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102396 dude... i so just got extra credit for this dude… i so just got extra credit for this

]]> By: Vern http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102394 Vern Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:27:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102394 IT's ABOUT TIME they find something worthwhile! I've been checking out the NASA photos everyday - which are cool and everything, but how do they relate to me? They don't. They're fantasy. This is something we can bite into. This one has teeth. A planet that is habitable? holy wow. Why did it take so long to find this? Astronomers are the laziest bunch of psuedo-scientists. I call them arm-chair scientists. They look at stars through telescopes - what kind of job is THAT? IT’s ABOUT TIME they find something worthwhile! I’ve been checking out the NASA photos everyday – which are cool and everything, but how do they relate to me? They don’t. They’re fantasy. This is something we can bite into. This one has teeth. A planet that is habitable? holy wow. Why did it take so long to find this? Astronomers are the laziest bunch of psuedo-scientists. I call them arm-chair scientists. They look at stars through telescopes – what kind of job is THAT?

]]> By: secret man agent http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-102382 secret man agent Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:51:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/24/astronomers-find-first-habitable-earth-like-planet/#comment-102382 ooooooh neato. Are we gonna skip Mars and go straight to Gliese? ooooooh neato. Are we gonna skip Mars and go straight to Gliese?

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