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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 02:30 PM Jul 2014

First Habitable Planet Discovered Might Not Exist

One of the first discovered planets believed to support human life might actually turn out to be nothing more than an error on a graph according to new research.

Called Gliese 581 d, this exoplanet was widely regarded as humanity's best chance for moving to another planet, unfortunately however, the new research suggest we might have let our imaginations get the better of us.

The hypothesis is the leading focus of a new paper published in Science Magazine which states that upon closer inspection, the original readings taken in 2007 (when the planets were first discovered) were far from conclusive.

According to New Scientist, out of the six planets that were discovered in that system two are now more likely to be nothing more than sun spots on the star's surface resulting in anomalies appearing in the data

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/5557291?utm_hp_ref=uk-tech&ir=UK%20Tech

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First Habitable Planet Discovered Might Not Exist (Original Post) jakeXT Jul 2014 OP
Dammit A Little Weird Jul 2014 #1
Don't unpack... TeeYiYi Jul 2014 #2
Perhaps........Schrödinger's planet? n/t dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #3
Maybe. Maybe not. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2014 #4
"best chance for moving to another planet"? that's a weird thing to say ... MisterP Jul 2014 #5
A lot of people seem to think that if a comet heads toward earth -- or everything gets too hot FiveGoodMen Jul 2014 #6

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
6. A lot of people seem to think that if a comet heads toward earth -- or everything gets too hot
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 04:28 PM
Jul 2014

we're all just going to climb aboard a big space ship and head for someplace else.

They're in for a nasty surprise.

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