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A planetary system that may contain life has been found. (pg. 3)
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
its all hypothetical research really....i mean, no one actually SAW th eplanet...its all based on the way that other things move around in a certain area.
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Taking that into consideration and then going back and re-reading this statement:
| quote: | | A planetary system that may contain life has been found in orbit around a Sun-like star 41 light years from Earth - or 240,906,832,298,136 miles. |
ALMOST makes it read like an Onion article. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Oh my , that was amazing. :stongue: |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
its all hypothetical research really....i mean, no one actually SAW th eplanet...its all based on the way that other things move around in a certain area.
coulda been just a spider on their telescope. lol |
Do you believe in the existence of electrons ? |
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| iclone |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
Do you believe in the existence of electrons ? |
only if there's an associated panel of experts... |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by iclone
only if there's an associated panel of experts... |
I read something about them once, so I'm pretty sure they exist. :o |
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| nrjizer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Quinders
Is the universe a ring though? |
Kind of, but not really. If you were to get in a car and just start driving in one direction without turning or changing course, you would eventually make full circle around the Earth and end up back where you started (let's just pretend here that oceans and other topographical obstacles didn't exist). To your perspective, it would seem as if you were just driving in a straight line the entire time. In reality, the shape of the Earth has brought you all the way back around.
The effect is thought to be the same in the universe as a whole. If you just point in one direction and go, eventually you will be circled back around to where you began. |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
I read something about them once, so I'm pretty sure they exist. :o |
I have read about Leprechauns and also seen one on South Park. So I'm pretty sure they exist. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
I have read about Leprechauns and also seen one on South Park. So I'm pretty sure they exist. |
I saw one in real life; looked like this:
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
Kind of, but not really. If you were to get in a car and just start driving in one direction without turning or changing course, you would eventually make full circle around the Earth and end up back where you started (let's just pretend here that oceans and other topographical obstacles didn't exist). To your perspective, it would seem as if you were just driving in a straight line the entire time. In reality, the shape of the Earth has brought you all the way back around.
The effect is thought to be the same in the universe as a whole. If you just point in one direction and go, eventually you will be circled back around to where you began. |
What if you consider that the Universe is both every shape, yet none of them? You are referring to space-time curvature, I assume, but what about the fact that red shift tells us some parts of the universe are expanding at faster-than-light speeds? |
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| Cloudburst |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
Kind of, but not really. If you were to get in a car and just start driving in one direction without turning or changing course, you would eventually make full circle around the Earth and end up back where you started (let's just pretend here that oceans and other topographical obstacles didn't exist). To your perspective, it would seem as if you were just driving in a straight line the entire time. In reality, the shape of the Earth has brought you all the way back around.
The effect is thought to be the same in the universe as a whole. If you just point in one direction and go, eventually you will be circled back around to where you began. |
but universe is infinite, so it would take infinite amount of time to make a full circle? |
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| Ang ' ela_ie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
Experts have stated that it would probably take about 41 light years. So, adjusting for traffic, I'd say 43-44 realistically. |
Hilarious. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Hilarious. |
hahahahaha, I totally missed that.
This thread delivers. |
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