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a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

mods knew

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a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Ork of Fiction posted:

What is the name of the planet, OP?

proxima b

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

lets send a radio signal and call them faggots

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Iron Crowned posted:

Whoa, I just watched some show on Netflix about a tidally locked planet orbiting a red dwarf.

what show

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

hemophilia posted:

i think if we found a mirror planet in the solar system habitable zone it would be a small chance, i think finding it at all in our system is unlikely as hell. i put no stock in anyone who has hope for life under europa or anywhere else.

but i don't know and i won't be upset or anything at being proven wrong it would be cool.

i agree that it's unlikely, but europa's nearby enough that we may as well look

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Woden posted:

This planet is 1.3x Earth mass so could have an atmo like Venus and Earth do, is zooming around a low powered poo poo star so rads may not be a problem if it's stable and doesn't randomly blast poo poo out. It's also apparently 30c on the hot side and -30c on the night side, no idea how they're know that though probably just making poo poo up again.

i think it randomly blasts a lot of poo poo out, like it's a pretty gnarly star. idk though i haven't really read up on it

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Moridin920 posted:

posting from 1930 I see

a lot of people seem to think that physically sending people to a planet/moon is the only way to explore space

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Germstore posted:

It's entirely possible though. We may not be the first but we're probably among the earliest. The Sun is about as old as a star with terrestrial planets can be.

theres a lot of stars in the universe. like more than a hundred

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

the aliens don't give a gently caress

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a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

reminding dumbass op that it's proxima centauri you stupid bitch for the new page

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