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"The star is more ancient than the Sun, raising the tantalising possibility that life on the new planet may be older and more advanced than it is on Earth."
If this were the case, it would not be us discovering them.
If this were the case, it would not be us discovering them.
I just chatted with my brother about it.
"Sure what are we going to do? I doubt we'll see some chap walking by."
"Yeah, two lads fishing or something."
"Sure what are we going to do? I doubt we'll see some chap walking by."
"Yeah, two lads fishing or something."
I bet they're looking at us and thinking the exact same things.
I think the BBC article said something about the 'Goldilocks zone' or something, basically a region around each star where it's the right temperature to find liquid water on a planet, which is a necessary ingredient for life (or life 'as we know it'). Also, the planet is about 1.5x the size of Earth, so gravitationally it'll be comprable to Earth.
But yer, we'll never know. We don't even know if that star/solar system is still there (it's 20 light years away, so the stuff we're seeing now is 20yrs old... Although in terms of the galaxy that's a pretty short timescale, so I doubt anything drastic has occurred since).
But yer, we'll never know. We don't even know if that star/solar system is still there (it's 20 light years away, so the stuff we're seeing now is 20yrs old... Although in terms of the galaxy that's a pretty short timescale, so I doubt anything drastic has occurred since).
It would be quite exciting if aliens did come to our planet. I can follow the logic that this planet is the same distance from a star as our planet, but there are hundreds of other factors to look at so Im doubtful myself.
Read about the discovery on BBC a few days back.
The Bookies slashing the odds is pretty pointless really. The new planet is far too far away for us to do any research on it within our lifetime, so even if there is life there we won't know about it for a ridiculously long time.
Unless life from there comes looking for us...
*cue X-Files music*
The Bookies slashing the odds is pretty pointless really. The new planet is far too far away for us to do any research on it within our lifetime, so even if there is life there we won't know about it for a ridiculously long time.
Unless life from there comes looking for us...
*cue X-Files music*