European Scientists Finds First Rocky Planet Outside Solar System

 
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Corot-7b. This is way cool. There has been nearly 300 planets discovered, but none of which have been solid. This is the first solid planet to be discovered outside our Solar System. Don't get you hopes up, though. It's unlikely there's life there, as it's 3,600 degrees hot.  However, they're saying that it's very similar to our planet. Just to close to the sun.

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Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_> 

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awesome. Maybe if they will find an earth like planet then maybe, just maybe it will encourage  all the nations to have a unified space program. 

If Vin Diesel taught me anything, all you have to do is outrun the sun and you can totally chill on that there planet.

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Ohh it's from fox News...Ohh well it was nice while it lasted. 

" Ohh it's from fox News...Ohh well it was nice while it lasted.  "

" @Mordukai said:

" Ohh it's from fox News...Ohh well it was nice while it lasted.  "

*rolls eyes*   "

" Ohh it's from fox News...Ohh well it was nice while it lasted.  "

" @Mordukai said:

" Ohh it's from fox News...Ohh well it was nice while it lasted.  "

So if the content was exactly the same but the site was different, it would be better?  Logic. "

This thread is going wonderfully!

I would love for humanity to be as advanced as the space marines from warhammer 40,000 
That would be sweeet

" I would love for humanity to be as advanced as the space marines from warhammer 40,000 That would be sweeet "

3,600 degrees is nothing. I've been in saunas hotter than that!

" 3,600 degrees is nothing. I've been in saunas hotter than that! "

" @Hamst3r said:

" 3,600 degrees is nothing. I've been in saunas hotter than that! "

You mean when you look into the mirror?  "

For some reason I pictured a world entirely inhabited by "Rockys".   Imagine my disappointment.

" Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

" Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

" Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

" @Black_Rose said:

" Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

Because the guy that named the planets got fired after Uranus. "

I read somewhere that the planet doesn't spin on it's axis like ours so 1 side is constantly in bright sun with 3,600 degrees while the other side is always in darkness and is cold. So maybe you could hang out somewhere in the middle and it'd be aiiight.

" @Black_Rose said:

" Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

Because the guy that named the planets got fired after Uranus. "

" I read somewhere that the planet doesn't spin on it's axis like ours so 1 side is constantly in bright sun with 3,600 degrees while the other side is always in darkness and is cold. So maybe you could hang out somewhere in the middle and it'd be aiiight. "

" @Scooper said:

" I read somewhere that the planet doesn't spin on it's axis like ours so 1 side is constantly in bright sun with 3,600 degrees while the other side is always in darkness and is cold. So maybe you could hang out somewhere in the middle and it'd be aiiight. "

Then you'd have a green looking ring that went across the boundary between hot/cold.  Like a Halo! :O "

" @shiptoncraig said:

" @Scooper said:

" I read somewhere that the planet doesn't spin on it's axis like ours so 1 side is constantly in bright sun with 3,600 degrees while the other side is always in darkness and is cold. So maybe you could hang out somewhere in the middle and it'd be aiiight. "

Then you'd have a green looking ring that went across the boundary between hot/cold.  Like a Halo! :O "

Except it's probably got no atmosphere or any water or anything.  I wonder what material the planet is mostly made of. Will we ever see a future where we're sending ships of people to distant planets to mine it's resurces!? Because if so I'd totally go. "

What if that used to be "Earth" and then aliens saw that it's "sun" was getting too hot and fled to what is now our Earth and started life over...........!!!

"Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

" awesome. Maybe if they will find an earth like planet then maybe, just maybe it will encourage  all the nations to have a unified space program.  "

" @addictedtopinescent said:

" I would love for humanity to be as advanced as the space marines from warhammer 40,000 That would be sweeet "

I'm hoping for a Mass Effect type future "

" @Scooper said:

" @shiptoncraig said:

" @Scooper said:

" I read somewhere that the planet doesn't spin on it's axis like ours so 1 side is constantly in bright sun with 3,600 degrees while the other side is always in darkness and is cold. So maybe you could hang out somewhere in the middle and it'd be aiiight. "

Then you'd have a green looking ring that went across the boundary between hot/cold.  Like a Halo! :O "

Except it's probably got no atmosphere or any water or anything.  I wonder what material the planet is mostly made of. Will we ever see a future where we're sending ships of people to distant planets to mine it's resurces!? Because if so I'd totally go. "

We have to build some Mass Relays first "

"If Vin Diesel taught me anything, all you have to do is outrun the sun and you can totally chill on that there planet. "

" @Black_Rose said:

"Why do they keep giving those awesome looking planets such shitty names? >_>  "

Because George lucas already stole tatooine.  And i know theres millions , if not trillions, of planets out there, but it is kinda sad this is only the first rocky one. "

" @ryanwho said:

"If Vin Diesel taught me anything, all you have to do is outrun the sun and you can totally chill on that there planet. "

no, Vin Diesel taught you that staying in the dark attracts period-sniffing man-eating alien bat things. "

Nate, I'm happy for you...and I'ma let you finish...but Pluto is the best planet OF ALL TIME!

" @Mordukai said:

" awesome. Maybe if they will find an earth like planet then maybe, just maybe it will encourage  all the nations to have a unified space program.  "

I wish this could happen but, it just sounds like a political disaster. "

" Until we develop FTL travel, thats Faster Than Light =P Wormholes or subspace bubbles or something like that haha. "

nice, i was actually thinking about something like this. NASA/ scientist should make a special spacesuit that can change temperatures just like that. it could lead us to people going on other planets that we already know of.  so lets say a planet is 3,000 degrees then the suit would change temperature to -2,950. the temperature would be 50 degrees. i know it wouldn't be something like that but it would be cool.

" @Xeiphyer said:

" Until we develop FTL travel, thats Faster Than Light =P Wormholes or subspace bubbles or something like that haha. "

My vote is for Stargates. Those things are real right? "

Imma get up dur in mah space ship u guyz gunna come wit me.

" Imma get up dur in mah space ship u guyz gunna come wit me. "

" @Bucketdeth said:

" Imma get up dur in mah space ship u guyz gunna come wit me. "

hellz yeah "