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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13423085

Potentially habitable planet 20 light years away.

20 LIGHT YEARS. Right the FUCK next to us.

>> No.3072241

>He doesn't know we sent a signal to it about 3 years ago

>> No.3072238

>>3072226
Where was I when they announced that 192 trillion km is now right the FUCK next to us?

>> No.3072253

Btw how the fuck are we ever able to travel to something that is 20 au away?

I think we're stuck in our own solar system forever.

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>>3072253
>Confusing light years with au
>Inb4LOLITROLU

>> No.3072266

>>3072253

Astronomical unit is the distance between the earth and the sun.

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>>3072253
au is significantly shorter than ly

However there are many hypothetical craft that would only need near-future inventions (< 2150) such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter_rocket

And this isn't counting potential future discoveries making spacetime law-warping inventions that act like an Alcubierre drive or something. Hey, it MIGHT be possible. Gon' find out.

>> No.3072268

>>3072241
17 more years to go.

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>>3072265
>>3072266

Guess what?

>> No.3072273

>>3072268
37 more until we can see if it mattered.

>> No.3072275

>>3072268

37 till we get an answer

>> No.3072282

We would have to shoot massive "seed bombs" at it to excelerate plant life in its now carbon dioxide rich atmosphere.

>> No.3072289

>>3072282
There has gotta be a better way.

>> No.3072298

>>3072282

Kepp talking, I'm getting hard.

>> No.3072299

>mfw Gliese 581 is a red dwarf
>we could live there until close to the end

:3

>> No.3072305

>>3072238
The universe is billions of light years in size. 20 light years is, on a universal scale, very very damn close.

>> No.3072314

>>3072241

It will take another 17 years to reach it though

>> No.3072357

>However, Gliese 581d's denser air and dim red light from its host star would make for a murky environment that would be toxic to humans.


instant boner killer

>> No.3072382

>>3072238
Well, it's rather a bit closer than we could have hoped for.

>> No.3073130

isnt shooting plants into a probably completely different eco system, that differs in its genetic code, a little stupid?
if it has any eco system at all
if it doesnt, great idea

>> No.3073194

>>3073130
I'm pretty sure he was kidding, even if he wasn't it would be stupid because of contaminating any potential life that is already there.

>> No.3073206

>>3072357
Not really, the higher density could be due to higher than usually levels of water vapour. Even if it isn't it might simply be a face-mask job. And as for low light conditions, we deal with them for about 50% of the time on Earth.

>> No.3073213

Would you look at that. what are the odds off not one but TWO habitable planets (right next to each otheras well). God really is amazing

>> No.3073320

God always provides for us. When the time is right, he will make the technology required to travel to these planets obvious to us.

>> No.3073334

>>3072271
No, you weren't trolling. You just made a stupid mistake.

>> No.3073442

>>3073320
0.01/10