Awesome
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_sc/us_sci_new_earths

amazing coincidence i was just reading an astronomy monthly about this planet... from 2007.

God I can't fricken wait for this palnet to be tested on (although it won't be in my lifetime) however I think this leaves amazing oppertunities for an amazing new start for the human race. As long as we don't do some avatar bs lol it would be sweet.

what in the fuck, can people not stay on topic or what

http://foodcourtlunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jessica-tandy.jpg

her catch phrase/\

in 2020 we will have a space telescope that will be able to tell so much about the planet

and getting there is feesable with a multi generation space fleet

i.e you send 3000 people and there kids kids will get there and perform the research and parents teach there children there jobs and such

Very, very awesome. I hope that I at least get to see this planet through a telescope one day.

I mean a planet should have some form of athmosphere and water for life.
Where does this come from? Some speculate that its necessary for a commet made of ice to actually hit a planet to introduce water and an atmosphere to it.
The chance that this happens is quite low so even if it has the right conditions doesn't mean there is life.

i think the theory of this planet is it was a ice/ rock planet further out that gradually came inward into the right zone for the ice to melt but not evaporate something like pluto but obv bigger

This post was edited by five33 on Oct 1 2010 09:41pm

maybe it can be a meeting zone for all the other planets around that are watching it through their telescopes can come to?

lolwut?