NEWS: Sci-fi Fans Everywhere Rejoice, Despair

GEEK: Sci-fi Fans Everywhere Rejoice, Despair

Scientists have discovered, for the first time, a planet outside our own solar system that is "potentially habitable," with Earth-like temperatures. The planet is a similar size to Earth, may have liquid water, and, at a mere 120 million miles away, is practically down the block.

Oh shit! Just the other day, while perusing the pages of Analog, I read a very similar story wherein the inhabitants of a similar planet forced humanity into slavery. Great.

Yeah, right. Possible life.

The findings have been published in the scientific journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Unlike Earth, the planet circles a Red Dwarf star, which is much smaller and much cooler than our Sun, meaning (of course) that the inhabitants will have tremendous tolerance to extreme temperatures. Fucking fantastic.

The new planet, in NASA's boundless creative force, has been named 581 c. No word on whether the 581 c-ians have massed up their arsenals, but I'm still wearing tinfoil on my head, just in case.

I'm not ready to despair yet. They could be sexy possible lifeforms.

First we discover Kryptonite, now this?

Red Sun huh? makes you WONDER....

I think it's more than 120 million miles away. The distance from the earth to the sun is 150 million km.

I, for one, welcome our new leaders from 581-c. Even if they are giant ants.

first thought:

Make that 120 trillion then, or 20 and some odd lightyears.

Wow, what's in the air today? Extrasolar planets aren't "millions" of miles away - this planet is 120 TRILLION miles away (give or take...)

Tonight on the NBC evening news while reporting on this story, Bob Faw, NBC's long-time science editor, stated that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per hour.

Bob Faw. NBC Science Editor. Doesn't know the speed of light. 'Baffling.

i wonder how much that will cost, billions to go to mars, now we have 581-c, hmmmm......

When we learn to travel trough Space and Time we will get there.

Vacation hotspot. For 2027.
Look, there goes Hawking!

remember that kyrptonite was found recently...

st_even and Bob Faw are officially banned from all science related stories...

Depending on what Comic chain you read, it was first found while Supes was an adult. Which means in a Kansas farm someplace theres a guy who flies through the air with the greatest of ease

Earth like planet with a colder atmo sounds like a ideal planet Fauna Sapians (Furries)

I think the wrong kind of gekks will me getting excited about this *shudders*

Actually, blame AOL.

And yet, there's the potential for a mass furry exodus, a space quest in search of the Anthropomorphic Shangri-La. This might be the beginnings of a new, less icky age.

Now that would be a hell of a first contact: we send the furries.

An alien space craft lands on your planet and out pours a race of huge, furry creatures who immediately start humping each other on the lawn in front of their ship.

Yeah... how many billion did it cost for NASA to plunge the last probe straight into the surface of Mars because they 'mixed up' the imperial and metric calculations in the manufacture of said probe.

3 billion dollars if i remember right.

Gee... how many third world meals would that buy?

neat!

HOLY SHIT NO! No Listen! First Kryptonite! NOW A PLANET WITH A RED STAR!! How does this not mean superman is coming? Huh?! Argue with that convoluted sentence, I DARE YOU! CONVINCE ME SUPERMAN IS NOT COMING! YEAH!

Now someone needs to murder my parents so I can dedicate myself to learning science and martial arts in order to viciously combat crime.

I'm also going to need a mansion and a fast car.

And a young boy in tights.

Why aren't we linking to source material?

Here is the actual article without swearing and babble.

Not to be coarse, but...

Interstellar exploration is much more important for the survival of mankind than any other problem we now face.

How long do you really think we'll last piddling around on this little ball of dirt?

Needs: Mansion, Fast Car, Young Boy in TIghts?

Sounds like someone's been sniffin the KY too hard :-p