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[Gentlefish]

Huzzah! Let's go!

I love astronomy, it's one of my favorite sciences.

[Sirus]

Two rock planets in the goldilocks zone discovered in the Kepler-62 system.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/apr/HQ_13-112_Kepler_62_finding.html

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.
The Kepler-62 system has five planets; 62b, 62c, 62d, 62e and 62f. The Kepler-69 system has two planets; 69b and 69c. Kepler-62e, 62f and 69c are the super-Earth-sized planets.

Two of the newly discovered planets orbit a star smaller and cooler than the sun. Kepler-62f is only 40 percent larger than Earth, making it the exoplanet closest to the size of our planet known in the habitable zone of another star. Kepler-62f is likely to have a rocky composition. Kepler-62e, orbits on the inner edge of the habitable zone and is roughly 60 percent larger than Earth.

Sweet!

[MonkeyHead]

As I always seem to post when these things are announced - wait for the James Webb 'scope, or the planet finding flock a few years after that.

[olemars]

Every time I read about newly discovered exoplanets I end up spending a few hours looking for transitions on PlanetHunters.

[Euld]

Promising research in the field of memory loss!

Reposting so people don't forget

[Sirus]

Forget what? Who are you?

[MaximumZero]

I feel like there's something I'm supposed to remember...

[ChairmanPoo]

I feel like there's something I'm supposed to remember...

The Ronald Reagan Memory Card Game? http://whitehouse.georgewbush.org/kids/reagangame.asp

[Scoops Novel]

Two rock planets in the goldilocks zone discovered in the Kepler-62 system.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/apr/HQ_13-112_Kepler_62_finding.html

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.
The Kepler-62 system has five planets; 62b, 62c, 62d, 62e and 62f. The Kepler-69 system has two planets; 69b and 69c. Kepler-62e, 62f and 69c are the super-Earth-sized planets.

Two of the newly discovered planets orbit a star smaller and cooler than the sun. Kepler-62f is only 40 percent larger than Earth, making it the exoplanet closest to the size of our planet known in the habitable zone of another star. Kepler-62f is likely to have a rocky composition. Kepler-62e, orbits on the inner edge of the habitable zone and is roughly 60 percent larger than Earth.

Sweet!

It's even better then you think. The two newly discovered worlds of Kepler 62 are about as close as earth and venus i think, or at least close enough to see the other planet in the night sky. Apparently they're looking for communications between the two.

[Loud Whispers]

It's even better then you think. The two newly discovered worlds of Kepler 62 are about as close as earth and venus i think, or at least close enough to see the other planet in the night sky. Apparently they're looking for communications between the two.

Two alien civilizations stare into the skies sharing tales of worlds they can only imagine living in.

Then they hear a third signal.

It's humanity stalking aliens.

Again.

[Scoops Novel]

Imagine if we managed to actually detect some...

That would be absolutely amazing. I want to be around for... well, not first contact as 'first alien transmission other than the 'wow' signal which may have not actually been alien lifeforms'

The wow signal?

[MaximumZero]

Imagine if we managed to actually detect some...

That would be absolutely amazing. I want to be around for... well, not first contact as 'first alien transmission other than the 'wow' signal which may have not actually been alien lifeforms'

The wow signal?

Wow!

[Scoops Novel]

Wow! What are the natural possibility's for it's creation?

[Eric Blank]

Russian spy satellite, clearly.

OOOoooooweeEEEeeeoooooooOOO...

[Loud Whispers]

Doesn't have to be necessarily Russian. But it's likely military.


EOEOOOOOWOOOOEOOOOEEEEEOOOOO