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ImmortalNemesis
07-23-2015, 03:07 PM
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kepler-mission-discovers-bigger-older-cousin-to-earth


NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another “Earth.”

What we know about Kepler 452-b:


It's the smallest exoplanet discovered to date discovered orbiting in the habitable zone of a G2-class star, just like the Earth and the Sun.

Kepler-452b is 60 percent larger in diameter than Earth and is considered a super-Earth-size planet.

It's likely rocky.

While Kepler-452b is larger than Earth, its 385-day orbit is only 5 percent longer.

The planet is 5 percent farther from its parent star Kepler-452 than Earth is from the Sun.

Kepler-452 is 6 billion years old, 1.5 billion years older than our sun, has the same temperature, and is 20 percent brighter and has a diameter 10 percent larger.

The Kepler-452 system is located 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

HylianNightmare
07-23-2015, 03:11 PM
Packing my bags

Patrick Chewing
07-23-2015, 03:12 PM
I don't care about any of this until we find proof of Aliens.


I want to see other humanoid figures or animals out there somewhere.

ImmortalNemesis
07-23-2015, 03:13 PM
There's a good chance there's life on this planet, considering it's older than Earth and has very similar conditions.

This is f*cking huge.

ISHGoat
07-23-2015, 03:20 PM
There's a good chance there's life on this planet, considering it's older than Earth and has very similar conditions.

This is f*cking huge.

Agreed, I think there is a very good chance that there is some sort of "life" as we classify it. Maybe microscopic or cellular, but probably recognizable, carbon based life as we know it.

sweggeh
07-23-2015, 03:21 PM
There's a good chance there's life on this planet, considering it's older than Earth and has very similar conditions.

This is f*cking huge.

Thats what I was thinking!

Omfg....

If life really is on that planet and it evolved in a similar way to life on Earth, then this changes everything. A species with technology 1.5 BILLION YEARS more advanced than ours? Oh boy.

Due to that fact, if there is life on there, its impossible for them not to have found us long before we ever find them. Its possible they are able to bridge that gap of 1,400 light years, since they are so much more advanced than us.

Imagine they are on their way right now :eek:

Then again, imagine they already have their own intergalactic community with a bunch of other planets and have no interest in us at all, due to our comparatively primitive existence.

So much possibilities. Then again, it could just be yet another empty rock. Leaving us to continue to wonder if it is really possible that we are the only life in this seemingly endless universe. Which I guess is pretty damn scary itself.

ImmortalNemesis
07-23-2015, 03:26 PM
Or those extra 1.5 billion years were used to wipe out civilization.

ISHGoat
07-23-2015, 03:36 PM
If we found life that currently exists or have existed in the past on other planets, would that pretty much usher in a new age of thinking where religion goes extinct?

Further, is it possible that evolution of life is convergent and we will see humanoids at the top of their extraterrestrial society?

JohnnySic
07-23-2015, 03:37 PM
Thats what I was thinking!

Omfg....

If life really is on that planet and it evolved in a similar way to life on Earth, then this changes everything. A species with technology 1.5 BILLION YEARS more advanced than ours? Oh boy.

Due to that fact, if there is life on there, its impossible for them not to have found us long before we ever find them. Its possible they are able to bridge that gap of 1,400 light years, since they are so much more advanced than us.

Imagine they are on their way right now :eek:

Then again, imagine they already have their own intergalactic community with a bunch of other planets and have no interest in us at all, due to our comparatively primitive existence.

So much possibilities. Then again, it could just be yet another empty rock. Leaving us to continue to wonder if it is really possible that we are the only life in this seemingly endless universe. Which I guess is pretty damn scary itself.
Life does not necessarily mean intelligent life.

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for something like 150 millions years.

Intelligent life (humans) have only been around for a tiny fraction of that time.

ISHGoat
07-23-2015, 03:43 PM
Life does not necessarily mean intelligent life.

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for something like 150 millions years.

Intelligent life (humans) have only been around for a tiny fraction of that time.

I think there is no doubt that dinosaurs can be classified as "intelligent life"

Something that is intelligent life to me = something with a brain.

Life with no intelligence = plants, microscopic organisms, etc.

JohnnySic
07-23-2015, 03:47 PM
I think there is no doubt that dinosaurs can be classified as "intelligent life"

Something that is intelligent life to me = something with a brain.

Life with no intelligence = plants, microscopic organisms, etc.
OK, but I meant life with the capabilities to find us. There's no guarantee that intelligence on that level has to evolve.

outbreak
07-23-2015, 03:50 PM
First the pluto fly by. Then the huge investment into finding life. Now this. A conspiracy theorist might say they are easing society in to some news.

The odds of our civilization matching up time wise with another highly intelligent civilization are crazy. We might find lifeforms or evidence of life but considering how small our window of existence is in the scheme of things makes it hard to think we will coincodently be around at the same time as another that we can communicate with

sweggeh
07-23-2015, 03:54 PM
Life does not necessarily mean intelligent life.

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for something like 150 millions years.

Intelligent life (humans) have only been around for a tiny fraction of that time.

If they have survived for that long and not been wiped out, it is almost impossible for them not to have evolved enough to have intelligence and technology way beyond what we can fathom.

sweggeh
07-23-2015, 03:57 PM
I think there is no doubt that dinosaurs can be classified as "intelligent life"

Something that is intelligent life to me = something with a brain.

Life with no intelligence = plants, microscopic organisms, etc.

What are you on about bruh. Dinosaurs aren't intelligent.

Humans are the only intelligent species on this planet. To be classed as an intelligent species, they need to be able to have self awareness. And be intelligent enough to ask questions like where did we come from, where are we going, what is our purpose in this life, etc. Animals dont think that shit, they just live off instincts.

Plus plants, microscopic organisms, etc. all have brains of some sort.

UK2K
07-23-2015, 04:24 PM
First the pluto fly by. Then the huge investment into finding life. Now this. A conspiracy theorist might say they are easing society in to some news.

The odds of our civilization matching up time wise with another highly intelligent civilization are crazy. We might find lifeforms or evidence of life but considering how small our window of existence is in the scheme of things makes it hard to think we will coincodently be around at the same time as another that we can communicate with
I believe I read that we know of 9 billion planets with characteristics like Earth.

It wouldnt be that far fetched.

sweggeh
07-23-2015, 04:30 PM
I believe I read that we know of 9 billion planets with characteristics like Earth.

It wouldnt be that far fetched.

There are so many planets in the universe (in the trillions) that it is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE for their to be no other life out there. The odds are way too strong for their not to be any others.

KingBeasley08
07-23-2015, 04:38 PM
Remember this is only for life as it is on Earth. Maybe there are other organisms on planets who are completely different from us on Earth ie. don't need oxygen and carbon and ish

senelcoolidge
07-23-2015, 04:58 PM
If you find other life on this planet don't bring it here. I've seen too many movies where that leads to trouble. Also just because a planet is older doesn't mean that the life on that planet is more advanced technologically.

sweggeh
07-23-2015, 05:16 PM
If you find other life on this planet don't bring it here. I've seen too many movies where that leads to trouble. Also just because a planet is older doesn't mean that the life on that planet is more advanced technologically.

Dude....the odds would strongly suggest a planet that is 1.5 billion year older than another one will probably have more advanced life forms.

Its like having Earth as it is now, compared to how it will be 1.5 billion years from now.

It is not necessarily more advanced, as there are a lot of factors that can affect it, but the significant chances are it probably will be.

bladefd
07-23-2015, 07:25 PM
What are you on about bruh. Dinosaurs aren't intelligent.

Humans are the only intelligent species on this planet. To be classed as an intelligent species, they need to be able to have self awareness. And be intelligent enough to ask questions like where did we come from, where are we going, what is our purpose in this life, etc. Animals dont think that shit, they just live off instincts.

They were sentient creatures, which makes them intelligent. Sentient creatures can feel their surroundings and feel emotions. For instance, if a cow has a tree in her way and if she wasn't sentient, she would run into it BUT THEY DON'T! They walk around it so they are sentient.

In a similar manner, we have powerful evidence that dinosaurs like the velociraptor used to work in teams to kill larger prey. Dinosaurs were intelligent creatures. Sentience is a sign of intelligence & humans are not the only creatures that are sentient.

Humans are not only sentient but have self awareness as you mentioned. That is what allows us to pose philosophical questions. There is a difference between sentience and self-awareness but both are signs of intelligence (self-awareness simply goes a step beyond sentience). Arguably, if you have both then you ARE conscious! VERY few creatures that are both though that we know of..

BTW, it is idiotic to compare bacteria & plants to sentient beings. Bacteria cannot feel their surroundings - they would just drive into something in their way. No plants on Earth can control where their roots grow.

KingBeasley08
07-23-2015, 07:27 PM
Dude....the odds would strongly suggest a planet that is 1.5 billion year older than another one will probably have more advanced life forms.

Its like having Earth as it is now, compared to how it will be 1.5 billion years from now.

It is not necessarily more advanced, as there are a lot of factors that can affect it, but the significant chances are it probably will be.
Doesn't have to be more advanced. Evolution isn't like Pok

TripleA
07-23-2015, 07:29 PM
If the universe is ever expanding and infinite its pretty much guaranteed to have other intelligent life.

highwhey
07-23-2015, 07:30 PM
Life does not necessarily mean intelligent life.
Patrick Chewing is a prime example of this.

FKAri
07-23-2015, 08:16 PM
If we found life that currently exists or have existed in the past on other planets, would that pretty much usher in a new age of thinking where religion goes extinct?

Further, is it possible that evolution of life is convergent and we will see humanoids at the top of their extraterrestrial society?

religion won't be affected. hell it might start new ones.

and humanoids aren't even what life on this plant is converging to. life on another planet have a completely different set of stimuli.


Dude....the odds would strongly suggest a planet that is 1.5 billion year older than another one will probably have more advanced life forms.

Its like having Earth as it is now, compared to how it will be 1.5 billion years from now.

It is not necessarily more advanced, as there are a lot of factors that can affect it, but the significant chances are it probably will be.

more advanced =/= more intelligent

imdaman99
07-23-2015, 09:21 PM
1400 light years... doesn't look like we will find any answers in any of our lifetimes :(

JEFFERSON MONEY
07-23-2015, 09:25 PM
Sumeria knew bout this...

MJistheGOAT
07-23-2015, 09:32 PM
It

nathanjizzle
07-23-2015, 11:30 PM
i dont get the narcissism that humans on earth have. there are endless amounts of planets but yet we still consider the idea that we might be the only ones alive? we are alive on a planet, we are the proof. for the gazillion of other planets that exist and not to have any form of life, even though we ourselves are the proof that it can happen? jeez, humans are really stupid and i cant wait for another intelligent life form to come and enslave us.

MJistheGOAT
07-23-2015, 11:46 PM
What about the geocentric theory? LOL

The humans are the only self-aware species in Earth, they have never seen a superior form of life. They had to create them ("gods") to control the masses.

I understand the narcissism, but I don