mojomonkey Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11757429/Has-Nasa-found-another-Earth-in-corner-of-Milky-Way.html Obviously as it is NASA it will be a load of lies but the bigger question has to be......................... is it flat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Cue all manner of abstract denial... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulgarian Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I understand the desire by science agencies to sex up their findings to generate public interest and funding, and news agencies looking for sensational copy swallow it up and shit it out with bells and whistles on. They don't even know if it is a rocky planet but the scientists (or their press officers) are calling it "Earth 2.0" and we have artists impressions of an earth-like world misleadingly not labelled as such. Who really thinks that these are actual images of the planet? Well a great many people do. People who don't take a huge interest in space science but have also seen the images taken by hubble and other craft of from our own solar system. It is not beyond belief that these may be actual images to those who don't know precisely what sort of images we are capable of taking. Because of the simplistic impression that most of us lay people have of these highly technical issues, we are in danger of coming away with the wrong impression. This is irresponsibly stupid for agencies that are supposed to be about promoting knowledge. Cue the man down the pub saying "I heard they found a second earth". Fucks me right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I heard from my mate, the Bantersaurus Rex, that it is ruled by reptile overdaddies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehovah's Witness Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11757429/Has-Nasa-found-another-Earth-in-corner-of-Milky-Way.html Obviously as it is NASA it will be a load of lies but the bigger question has to be......................... is it flat? Yes, this thread is flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 It is always nice to know these things but this, and other discoveries like it, well, of what use are they? This 'planet' is 2,939 TRILLION miles from earth. It would take 500 years travelling at the speed of light to reach it! In fact, the light from this planet is already 500 years old, as we see it. Perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 totally agree but not sure the sun and daily star will quite share your outlook on the whole thing tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thought they said it was 1500 light years away. It's a big enough discovery to be interesting. It's in the Goldilocks zone and that makes it worthy of note. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kepler-mission-discovers-bigger-older-cousin-to-earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 When NASA said the other day they've got a big press release, I was expecting more than another exoplanet. It's not sexy, but it is science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Which is more than you can say for SOME threads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I don't know what planet the MHK's are on. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagman Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Maybe Manx people can go and live there as we`ve been completely sold down the river by our government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 At 2-5 times the size of the earth, this planet is a bloated disgrace and needs to be slimmed down by 20% if it is to have any future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 That NASA artist has some imagination, 500 light years away and he comes up with this, and to think we have only just got to see what Pluto really looks like and that's less that 500 light minutes away.. Look at the latest image of earth, what 3 letter word is upside down in the circle? (Disney have a habit of doing this, perhaps the same art team as NASA?) This is straight from Mojos link...no manipulation other than the oval.. Could it be they are messing with our minds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrydandridge Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 but the bigger question has to be......................... is it flat? No, its not round or any other shape either, because it only exists it the imagination of the credulous NASA sycophants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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