NASA News Conference on Discovery Beyond Our Solar System
Discussion
Kitchski said:
This 'habitable-zone' criteria doesn't really sit with me anyway. It's only relevant for life as we know it. With the vastness of the observable universe, it'd be a bit narrow minded to assume any form of life would be life 'as we know it'.
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...who's to take -200degrees C and an absence of water is vital? It's only vital as we know it. We should be looking everywhere.
We should, but the universe is so big we can't. So it makes sense to initially concentrate on environments where we know life can in principle occur..............................................
...who's to take -200degrees C and an absence of water is vital? It's only vital as we know it. We should be looking everywhere.
Kitchski said:
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a below-surface civilisation in a lake on Titan who absorb liquid methane through their reproductive organs, excrete through their hair and who sleep in each other's anal cavaities once every 120 Earth days.
Actually I'd be slightly surprised.Kitchski said:
Pahh, you guys just aren't looking hard enough. I got a telescope from Amazon a few years ago, I'm gonna try and see if I can spot little critters on Phobos from my bedroom window.
I'll report back when I'm successful
There's an interesting video game that explores this theme.I'll report back when I'm successful
Kitchski said:
Pahh, you guys just aren't looking hard enough. I got a telescope from Amazon a few years ago, I'm gonna try and see if I can spot little critters on Phobos from my bedroom window.
I'll report back when I'm successful
What if you put many pairs of binoculars back to back......I'll report back when I'm successful
actually thought that was a goer when I were a nipper
NASA hardly discovers much at all. It's scientists using whatever technology is available to them that makes the discoveries. Sometimes the technology has been supplied through a NASA funded project - but not always.
In many cases, the" NASA discoveries" are the result of joint projects with other agencies such as ESA or institutions such as Johns Hopkins University.
The announcement of this planetary system was made on the day it was made because that was the date it was scheduled for publication in the science journal "Nature".
"Nature" had the priority publication rights on the discovery, so NASA had to sit on their hands until Nature made the formal announcement.
In many cases, the" NASA discoveries" are the result of joint projects with other agencies such as ESA or institutions such as Johns Hopkins University.
The announcement of this planetary system was made on the day it was made because that was the date it was scheduled for publication in the science journal "Nature".
"Nature" had the priority publication rights on the discovery, so NASA had to sit on their hands until Nature made the formal announcement.
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