Posted on 06/18/2019 3:30:41 PM PDT by EdnaMode
A tiny, old star just 12 light-years away might host two temperate, rocky planets, astronomers announced today. If they’re confirmed, both of the newly spotted worlds are nearly identical to Earth in mass, and both planets are in orbits that could allow liquid water to trickle and puddle on their surfaces.
Scientists estimate that the stellar host, known as Teegarden’s star, is at least eight billion years old, or nearly twice the sun’s age. That means any planets orbiting it are presumably as ancient, so life as we know it has had more than enough time to evolve. And for now, the star is remarkably quiet, with few indications of the tumultuous stellar quakes and flares that tend to erupt from such objects.
These factors, plus the system’s relative proximity, makes the system an intriguing target for astronomers seeking to train next-generation telescopes on other worlds and scan for signs of life beyond Earth.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...
Teegarden’s star
Thank goodness it wasn’t Soundgarden’s star.
Now where did I put that stargate?
Would the crew of the Enterprise call it a class M planet?
12 light years still isn’t within easy driving distance...
can we dump every libtard there?
Twelve light-years? That’s all? Why haven’t we organized a weekend excursion there yet? They’ve had liquid water longer than the sun’s been around. If intelligent life hasn’t yet evolved, it’s time to put evolution to rest.
“...can we dump every libtard there?....”
YES!!! That way, they can have their very own world to screw up any whichever way they want while leaving the rest of us that are sane ta heck alone.
“...a nearby star”
Come on, man!...Even the sun is not a nearby star. It’s a long, long way from home.
Thanks for posting this chart, BenLurkin - it gives a good image of where all those UFOs have been coming from …
So let’s see, if we could build a Warp 5 capable vessel (Enterprise NX-01) it would take about 20 days traveling at that speed to get there.
Seems legit. Let’s get rocking. Lol!
AOC probably thinks we should go there at night.
Ship the Senate and the Congress there right now!!!
“so life as we know it has had more than enough time to evolve”
Right..... Evolution is absolute nonsense. As if given enough time....anything and everything can happen.
Explain to me how the eye of a fly “evolved.
“Scientists” have never been able to explain how the first living organism “evolved”. They skip that issue in modern evolution classes and just teach that since there is life, then life must have evolved. They can’t get to first base so they start at third.
I’m getting tired of these fake news articles promoting every hunk of rock orbiting a star as a “life-friendly planet.”
The alleged “life-friendly” planets are about 1.1 times the mass of the earth. The star is an infrared-emitting ultra-cool M dwarf with about 9% of the Sun’s mass. That means the planets have to be so close to the dwarf star they are tidally locked (one side of each planet is permanently facing away from the star). The planets are as likely “life friendly” as Planned Parenthood is to unborn children.
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