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Related: About this forumFirst 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
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)Now I'm going to have to unpack.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)They're just saying that because there's not enough room for *everyone*.
TYY
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)we're all just going to climb aboard a big space ship and head for someplace else.
They're in for a nasty surprise.