Thread: New Earth like planet found 22 light years away.

It is interesting how they are discovering so many exoplanets.
I still recall when scientist thought planets circling stars were very rare. So much for that crappy thought....

I always figured they we in error.

An artist's depiction of GJ 667Cc orbiting a red dwarf, with its binary companion stars in the distance.

Illustration courtesy Guillem Anglada-Escudé, CIW

Our ability to detect earth sized panets is still pretty feeble.
Kind of like looking for a single grain of dust beside a 100 watt bulb.
If we ever get a really good array of instruments beyond the photosphere it will improve a lot.
But, consider how many decades it took voyeger and Pioneer probes to get there.

Detecting the ones we are is pretty impressive, as feeble as it is.

Originally Posted by bart5050

Our ability to detect earth sized panets is still pretty feeble.
Kind of like looking for a single grain of dust beside a 100 watt bulb.
If we ever get a really good array of instruments beyond the photosphere it will improve a lot.
But, consider how many decades it took voyeger and Pioneer probes to get there.

Detecting the ones we are is pretty impressive, as feeble as it is.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmooooon base? =P