New 'Earth like' planet found: Wolf1061c

[TredKiller]

The interesting thing about sending a probe that far is that if takes light 14 years to reach it, imagine how long it would take for the data from that probe to reach us.

lol probably years
if not a decade or two

[DARKSEID]

lol probably years
if not a decade or two

It would take at least 14 years at the minimum lol

So even if we were to somehow propel a probe at 10% the speed of light, which is 18,000 miles per second, it would take 140 years to get there and at the minimum 14 years to transmit the first piece of data.

[-Kev-]

if our innovation and inventing pace keeps up as well as its been the last 20 years i expect we'll be able to send a prob there in about 100yrs time.

with that said i think we'll find life on Europa the momment we send a prob under the ice, probably about 15-20yrs away

Have you seen the Europa Report? It's a decent sci fi movie. I would call it dark. It got mixed reviews but I recommend watching it you are into space traveling. It also has a relatively realistic ending.

[creekrat77]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...lar-found.html


Aliens are coming to probe your anus tonight.

I'm glad they added numerics to the name. Last thing I'd want to do is confuse it with the other Wolf planets. Also, is there wolves there? Kinda like that planet, Sirus, where dogs used to come from?

[The Hammer]

Max Wolf was an astronomer who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. He discovered over one thousand stars, plus comets, asteroids and other objects, many of which were named after him.

One of his best known discoveries is a tiny red dwarf flare star named Wolf 359. It is one of the nearest star systems at 7.8 light years, with only the Alpha Centauri triple star system, two brown dwarfs and another red dwarf flare star named Barnard's Star being closer.

[Sweet Pea 50]

But would it win a fight against Pitbull2911d?

My money is on VY Canis Majoris.

[SouthPawHitman]

I spent some time there. Nice place.

[The Hammer]

My money is on VY Canis Majoris.

My money is on R136a1.

http://www.wikiwand.com/en/R136a1

VY Canis Majoris is huge and was formerly considered the largest. It's still possibly the most likely to become a hypernova. But currently, several including UY Scuti are believed to be larger than VY Canis Majoris.

[BrometheusBob.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...lar-found.html


Aliens are coming to probe your anus tonight.

About time bro

[Weltschmerz]

It's getting increasingly difficult to believe we are alone.