NASA Telescope Reveals Exoplanet Discovery

Holy shit

 

Doubtful there is any life as the planets are all closer to that star than Mercury is to our sun. Thst level of UV radiation makes it very doubtful life can be supported. Also space exploration and the search for life while impacted financially from politics is bipartison for the most part. I don't think it would make a difference who is in office as a lot of these explorstion projects are long term and have been on the works for years and years.

 

What impact does the sun's size have on this, as it is substantially smaller than our sun?

 

Trappist-1: Scientists Find 7 Earth-Like Planets Orbiting Nearby Ultracool Star

Skip 39 light-years across our galaxy, and you’ll arrive at Trappist-1, an ultracool dwarf star with a band of special followers. This dim star hosts seven Earth-like planets within its habitable zone, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. Exoplanets are a dime a dozen these days, but due to unique properties in this exosolar system, the new discovery may usher in a movement in the hunt for habitable worlds — one where astrophysicists can ascertain the presence of life without traveling across the cosmos.

Some more info (ultra cool means low radiation).

And yes, the funding for NASA and other sciences takes as hit under Republican leadership.

As we've already seen:
Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’

But that wasn't really what my joke was about.

 

But we already know they exist...thanks Tom Delonge.

 

As fascinating as this discovery is I don't believe we'll ever learn in our lifetime whether or not a system 39 light-years away can support life as we know it in our solar system.

 

"with the president-elect having set a goal during the campaign to explore the entire solar system by the end of the century."

This quote from one of your linked articles stuck out, and I couldn't help but read it in an over enthused voice like I do when reading a children's book out loud.

 

He's desperately looking for life on other plants with smaller hands than him.

 

NASA's budget - $17 Billion
Amount Americans spend on Pizza - $35 Billion.

#NoMorePizza #BuyMoreSpaceShit

 

Pizza is your grandfather's calzone

 

This finding is ultra cool, am I right?

I'll see myself out.