Hubble spies 100 planets

I, Brian · 07-02-2004, 09:14 PM

The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered as many as 100 new planets orbiting stars in our galaxy. Hubble's harvest comes from a sweep of thousands of stars in the dome-like bulge of the Milky Way.

If confirmed it would almost double the number of planets known to be circling other stars to about 230.

The discovery will lend support to the idea that almost every sunlike star in our galaxy, and probably the Universe, is accompanied by planets.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3856401.stm

Vajradhara · 07-07-2004, 05:03 PM

Namaste Brian,

have you seen the Hubble Deep Field View?

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/new...eases/1996/01/

I, Brian · 07-07-2004, 10:15 PM

Yes - it's nice, isn't it?

Vajradhara · 07-07-2004, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

Yes - it's nice, isn't it?

i've the huge poster that they printed up when the Deep Field was first shown...

i stare in awe and wonder... and i am firmly convinced that nearly every other galaxy and every other sun contains life... intelligent life at that...

i often wonder if we will detect intelligence in the universe before it detects us...

alexa · 07-07-2004, 11:01 PM

[QUOTE=Vajradhara :i stare in awe and wonder... and i am firmly convinced that nearly every other galaxy and every other sun contains life... intelligent life at that... [/QUOTE]
Namaste Vajradhara,

I also belive there is life on the other planets. Our planet is to small and the Universe to big to accept we all alone.

So indeed, the tough question is when are we going to meet our neighbours ?

Hollywood made so many movies on this subject, so I'm curious who had the intuition. I cannot see myself having an intelligent conversation with a huge spider or something like that.

I also belive the evolution on other planets had the same pattern as on Earth.
Ultimately, even we are human, we have the same chemical composition as a plant or an animal.

What do you think ?

alexa

Vajradhara · 07-08-2004, 03:40 PM

Namaste Alexa,

thank you for the post.

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Originally Posted by alexa

I also belive the evolution on other planets had the same pattern as on Earth.
Ultimately, even we are human, we have the same chemical composition as a plant or an animal.

What do you think ?

alexa

hm... this is a tough one. though i believe that the process of evolution would be the same regardless of the world system, the environment could be radically different, and thus, we could have intelligent species that do not resemble humans in any way at all!

as an aside... does anyone else participate in SETI at home? you can help the SETI team by donating CPU time to process radio signals from the Aricebo.

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/download.html

alexa · 07-08-2004, 10:47 PM

Namaste Vajradhara,

Is SETI you are talking about, related in any kind with A.A.S.R.A ?

alexa

Vajradhara · 07-08-2004, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by alexa

Namaste Vajradhara,

Is SETI you are talking about, related in any kind with A.A.S.R.A ?

alexa

Namaste Alexa,

i'm not sure what the AASRA is...

SETI is the Search for ExtraTerrestial Intelligence project.

alexa · 07-08-2004, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Vajradhara

SETI is the Search for ExtraTerrestial Intelligence project.

Namaste Vajradhara,

A.A.R.R.A is Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Reserch Association. You can find more on www.daeniken.com

alexa

alexa · 07-11-2004, 02:58 PM

Namaste Vajradhara,

Here I have for you an extract from ESA (European Space Agency) :

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:At present, ESA's industrial partners (Alcatel Space Division in Cannes and Astrium in Friedrichhafen) are producing laboratory models to test nulling interferometry in the infrared region of the spectrum. These 'breadboard' models aim to dim the central illuminating source by a factor of one million. ESA and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are developing a nulling interferometer to be used at the ground-based observatory facility known as the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This consists of four 8-metre class telescopes and a number of smaller 'outrigger' telescopes that can be used as an interferometer. The ESA-ESO nulling interferometer will enter use during 2005.
SMART-2 will be launched in 2006. This mission will consist of two free-flying spacecraft to demonstrate the formation flying that is essential to the success of Darwin's flotilla.

Darwin will launch in the 2014 timeframe.

Possible international collaboration

The American space agency, NASA, is also considering a mission similar to Darwin. Their mission is called the Terrestrial Planet Finder and is the subject of on-going studies. Given the ambitious nature of both projects, it is possible that NASA and ESA will collaborate on the final mission, building a joint Darwin/Terrestrial Planet Finder, which they will launch and operate together. Other countries, such as Russia and Japan have also expressed an interest in contributing to the mission.

2014 is not so far. Only 10 years left.

I hope they'll find something till we are still on this planet.

alexa

I, Brian · 07-11-2004, 06:37 PM

Wow! Is Daniken still alive?!

Btw - Alexa - I reformated your above post, as for some reason the text went tiny.

alexa · 07-11-2004, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

Wow! Is Daniken still alive?!

Btw - Alexa - I reformated your above post, as for some reason the text went tiny.

Yes, imagine that ! Don't forget he was born in 1935.

In 1998, Erich von Däniken co-founded the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association , A.A.S. R.A. which publishes the English journal Legendary Times™ reporting about the latest research in the Paleo-SETI field.

By the way, you can reforme any of my posts as you like to, as I am not very strong with computers. Some of the members of my family will gladly agree.