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Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« on: February 21, 2017, 12:48:37 am »

Nasa will hold a press conference on Wednesday to present a "discovery beyond our solar system," leading to speculation that the announcement will involve planets capable of sustaining life.


The agency has offered no details on the upcoming presentation other than that it will involve "exoplanets".


Astronomers have been studying such planets, which orbit stars other than the sun, for clues as to whether, and where, life could exist beyond the earth.


Nasa has analysed dozens of planets that orbit sun-like stars at similar distances as the earth to the sun.


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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2017, 12:49:02 am »
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2017, 12:52:45 am »
Any idea what time the press conference will take place Wednesday?
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2017, 12:56:20 am »
On Feb 22 at 1:00 pm Est..
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2017, 01:38:34 am »
Can you add me to the  list, please?

Exoplanets, or something out in the Kuiper Belt? 
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2017, 01:39:42 am »
Live thread might be fun.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2017, 01:42:54 am »
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Live thread might be fun.

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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2017, 01:55:27 am »
Quote from: bigheadfred on February 21, 2017, 01:38:34 am
Can you add me to the  list, please?

Exoplanets, or something out in the Kuiper Belt?


You are on the list.. I'm thinking it might be something Exoplanet..
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2017, 03:15:58 pm »
Nibiru!
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2017, 03:41:20 pm »
They spotted a remote object out in space headed towards earth:





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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2017, 04:29:26 pm »
So that's where the trillion-dollar infrastructure spending will go!

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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2017, 06:13:11 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on February 21, 2017, 03:15:58 pm
Nibiru!
It might be a good time for NASA to talk about Nibiru--since it is a very hot topic all over the internet--but I doubt that they will do so.  Whatever Nibiru is, it is not an exoplanet, but our own solar system's "Planet 10" (or "Planet X" if we prefer a scarier name).   
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2017, 07:42:13 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on February 21, 2017, 12:48:37 am
Nasa will hold a press conference on Wednesday to present a "discovery beyond our solar system," leading to speculation that the announcement will involve planets capable of sustaining life.

we don't have that capability yet
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2017, 07:44:18 pm »
They finally discovered the Goatse galaxy:


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« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2017, 07:49:59 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 21, 2017, 07:44:18 pm
They finally discovered the Goatse galaxy:




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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2017, 09:21:48 pm »
Quote from: the_doc on February 21, 2017, 06:13:11 pm
It might be a good time for NASA to talk about Nibiru--since it is a very hot topic all over the internet--but I doubt that they will do so.  Whatever Nibiru is, it is not an exoplanet, but our own solar system's "Planet 10" (or "Planet X" if we prefer a scarier name).   

Since Pluto got demoted to dwarf planet, they've been calling the "hypothetical large planet in the outer solar system" Planet Nine.

Personally, I hope that's what NASA will announce, discovery of a possible "Planet Nine". I rather suspect though that instead it will be another over-hyped announcement of "Earth-like" exoplanets, based on the barest of actual data.  :shrug:
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« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2017, 10:03:01 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on February 21, 2017, 09:21:48 pm
Since Pluto got demoted to dwarf planet, they've been calling the "hypothetical large planet in the outer solar system" Planet Nine.

Personally, I hope that's what NASA will announce, discovery of a possible "Planet Nine". I rather suspect though that instead it will be another over-hyped announcement of "Earth-like" exoplanets, based on the barest of actual data.  :shrug:

The name Planet X actually goes way back before the astronomers decided Pluto was not a planet--hence the Roman numeral for ten got used for what others call Nibiru or even Nemesis.  (Some folks think it might be the Bible's "Star Wormwood.")   
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Re: Nasa announces press conference on 'discovery beyond our solar system'
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2017, 10:17:04 pm »
 I can't wait!!!!

How exciting. Although I hate that number nine..,

It makes me think of that awful song by The Beatles.
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« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2017, 10:24:23 pm »
Quote from: Freya on February 21, 2017, 10:17:04 pm
I can't wait!!!!

How exciting. Although I hate that number nine..,

It makes me think of that awful song by The Beatles.

I was hoping to watch but unexpectedly the dentist can get me in at noon tomorrow.
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« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2017, 10:27:20 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on February 21, 2017, 10:24:23 pm
I was hoping to watch but unexpectedly the dentist can get me in at noon tomorrow.

Can you pick it up on your fillings?

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« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2017, 10:43:39 pm »
Quote from: the_doc on February 21, 2017, 10:03:01 pm
The name Planet X actually goes way back before the astronomers decided Pluto was not a planet--hence the Roman numeral for ten got used for what others call Nibiru or even Nemesis.  (Some folks think it might be the Bible's "Star Wormwood.")

Yes, I read this book as a kid, and still have it on my bookshelf. It's about Clyde Tombaugh's search for "Planet X", which ended when he found Pluto. Back then, "X" just meant "Unknown", not "Ten".
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« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2017, 11:01:27 pm »
Quote from: Ghost Bear on February 21, 2017, 10:43:39 pm
Back then, "X" just meant "Unknown", not "Ten".

Interesting.  I guess it just goes to show how words sometimes take on unintended significance. 
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« Reply #24 on: February 21, 2017, 11:27:18 pm »
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