Planet found in Earth's nearest neighbour star system

[Ron]

I used to watch a movie called "Adam" (played by Hugh Dancy and Rose Bryne) about an adult who suffers a symptom or disease called Asperger syndrome. In that movie, he, who was an employee of microchip company, explained to a woman about that expansion theory of universe.

 

[Blazkowicz]

NASA proposes a mission to occult a star so we can look at the planets
It's even beautiful : a sort of space flower.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/nasas-plan-to-block-light-from-distant-stars-to-find-earth-20

As I suspected doing it is pretty hard, but not impossible at all afterall.. Plan would be to position the space shade 37000 km away from a space telescope, and it has a 34m diameter. You have to move the shade, too, so you can aim at different stars not just one.

 

[UniversalTruth]

UP !!!

New Horizons closing in on Pluto encounter
The fly-by of the ninth planet will happen on Tuesday, and the first photo sent by the spacecraft
has already created even more excitement

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PkP...w-Horizons-closing-in-on-Pluto-encounter.html

 

[iroboto]

UP !!!

New Horizons closing in on Pluto encounter
The fly-by of the ninth planet will happen on Tuesday, and the first photo sent by the spacecraft
has already created even more excitement

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PkP...w-Horizons-closing-in-on-Pluto-encounter.html

It's going to happen:

Fwiffo!!!

 

[Grall]

The plutonic aliens have already hacked our probe and are now probably busy rifling through all the Earth's networks, looking for information about our weaknesses, locations of critical infrastructure, as well as targetable exploits and so on. Tomorrow the shit hits the fan! Remember that I called it!

Spoiler: Don't click here!

 

[UniversalTruth]

It's funny (or sad) how one kind of aliens for this Solar system are looking on the other planets from it for other aliens (when they chose one particular habitat in the face of Planet Earth), and make fun and sarcasm with it.

Instead of staying on topic and at least showing some appreciation to this magnificent feat.

 

[homerdog]

I realize English may not be your first language, but I truly don't understand what you've just posted.

 

[Florin]

I think he may be talking about Swedish people?

 

[iroboto]

It's funny (or sad) how one kind of aliens for this Solar system are looking on the other planets from it for other aliens (when they chose one particular habitat in the face of Planet Earth), and make fun and sarcasm with it.

Instead of staying on topic and at least showing some appreciation to this magnificent feat.

I absolutely love the fact that we are out there going this far. Exploring the unknown is extremely exciting! This is a huge achievement in human history parallels with our large hadron collider!

 

[UniversalTruth]

This is pure awesomeness.

New Horizons probe refines Pluto flyby path
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33348459


'This is the most science fiction-looking world you’ll ever see’: New Horizons' mission lead reveals how Pluto could change our view of the solar system
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...o-change-view-solar-system.html#ixzz3fqjXOl9n
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I downloaded the NASA's Eyes Visualization app for Windows and now tracking the progress.

Also, you can follow all major news articles via Google News at https://news.google.com/news/section?cf=all&ned=uk&hl=en&q=New Horizons&topicsid=FRONTPAGE&ict=ln&topicnv=__AB21PFyKLVkqF0H7_6j2mT-AzP0t4Pg-L7OaAbTB-KovvXhtOKNIiOPcimhCrA_30fEG1rkonzmukSIG3qMCiELTcWAL6ddZbO_NHDoUP3xAOteA9KRu3tYB4nWJ-JnueGwJq2mlSYfai6vOVjp15qZT5tGY8xRLX-1r71OYTn8Epq4ZMaNf94KaDUhv2xpsesGkKMF5b1CXULRDxp5rp2P_EvU2vQM2k_Iw_TIezetoRp_YTkUEI8mrWms7kD6uD1xi3GCtiCfLA3_uefkQhIKP2kOaR17Nv-cl8YnxXHarWHJdQHmeHx4KuzWLxRxMXt_RMuCw6xbto4qQAXMceUtSi08TDjUMx2nU_U-MYaD0Y-Vq1tKobiXZZp5iztYBcnxD2LCPLGijeQEedMtznRDbKw503Vp20u68gP4yENTYT8LQDQrHx-Nm1e26RoqYWGwXOpZRQgiPivu_kDaE0EyIP9KYImEH3hM5Ol5Zkv9hCNsP6vOngwLp5TsSz85fcTB-eW8DKWsaxX4q4SkaE20R3_zv7T_pFyV-qDtsaccxxLrfGUTg1OGtL0DZiGaqSyoXWrI3swPxyXT7yCrAeHf5Sj1wiGKura9C_5sD4Dl2jGfIQ5lppi-_neADkYu3rhpL595QjfdLyb6vBmic2m8WFd3hP9HoTA==&siidp=8cbb6a29a0e46c37b21b50c674aae9b0107b

 

[Arwin]

I think it's an amazing achievement. This thing was launched in 2006 ... such precision! And still successfully sending back images too.

 

[UniversalTruth]

Yes, these photos with resolution 80 m per pixel will be real scientific jewels. They should help for creation of the most advanced and detailed map of the most distant planet.

 

[nutball]

Fingers crossed!

 

[UniversalTruth]

Pluto is brownish, Charon looks dark greyish.

Pluto flyby LIVE: dwarf planet is red like Mars, Nasa finds

New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto marking the 'end of an era' in Solar System exploration

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sci...planet-from-New-Horizons-spacecraft-live.html

 

[AlNom]

huh, so I guess we could mine Pluto for iron in the grim darkness of the future?

 

[nutball]

I see that the logo on the Google 'front page' has changed today to mark the event

 

[newdimen]

“This result represents a major step towards the detection of a twin Earth in the immediate vicinity of the Sun. We live in exciting times!”

This is why I love astronomy. Cool!

 

[iroboto]

We have also discovered Pentaquarks today with the LHC. It's been a big day of discoveries! Part of this does depress me, I work in a field that has no role in advancing humanity. I'm a total bystander in this respect =( sigh.

 

[pjbliverpool]

We have also discovered Pentaquarks today with the LHC. It's been a big day of discoveries! Part of this does depress me, I work in a field that has no role in advancing humanity. I'm a total bystander in this respect =( sigh.

I know the feeling!

 

[Davros]

“This result represents a major step towards the detection of a twin Earth in the immediate vicinity of the Sun. We live in exciting times!”

Where's that quote from ?