A New Earth!

Wow, thanks fetzy, that news made my day! I'm suck an astronomy geek, that kind of thing make me think for hours. If it's proven it's true ( in some years 'cause we don't have the technology yet), then I can die in peace.
 
cool...its too far tho..

No it isn't. It's orbiting one of the 100 closest-to-earth stars.



And calm down everybody. Here's what we know about the planet:
1) Close enough to earth in size and gravity
2) Temperatures that allow liquid water.

But hey hey, mars like that too!


So, just because it CAN have liquid water, it doesn't mean it DOES. So, chill. This is a promising discovery, but it might turn out to be nothing at all.
 
No it isn't. It's orbiting one of the 100 closest-to-earth stars.



And calm down everybody. Here's what we know about the planet:
1) Close enough to earth in size and gravity
2) Temperatures that allow liquid water.

But hey hey, mars like that too!


So, just because it CAN have liquid water, it doesn't mean it DOES. So, chill. This is a promising discovery, but it might turn out to be nothing at all.

Mars has frozen water btw. Also, that planet has an atmosphere and Mars don't.
 
Mars has frozen water btw. Also, that planet has an atmosphere and Mars don't.

I said LIQUID water. Frozen water is about as relevant as a fart.

And also, NO ONE said that planet has an atmosphere. It probably does, due to its high gravity, but do not forget it orbits a RED DWARF, a faint star that probably was much stronger in the past. So its atmosphere might have been blown away eons ago.
And surprise. mars DOES have an atmosphere. It's composed primarily of carbon dioxide.

In other words...


shut up.


... and that planet is about the same distance to a star as we are to the sun.

No it isn't. Actually, the distance of gliese 581c to its star less than 1 tenth of the distance between the earth and the sun. And ~1 third of the distance between mercury and the sun.