Scientists discover Earth-sized planet - 4/21/09

Today, scientists announced the discovery of the exoplanet Gliese 581 e, roughly 20 light-years away in the Libra constellation. It is approximately 2-times Earth's mass, making it the lightest exoplanet ever discovered. Although Gliese 581 e is considered too close to the system's star to support life as we know it, another planet in the system, Gliese 581 d, has an orbit that is said to be within the habitable zone.

For more info, see:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421080502.htm

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[souljaslim201]

actually i just got done watching a video of FOX news covering the story...(yea i know FOX news..who would of thought!)..but they are just covering the story now and it was discovered nearly 2 years ago!

[NBGfilms]

Actually, you're probably thinking of 581c.

581e was just discovered.

[bubbanelson474]

ever since i saw that movie "The Knowing" i honestly believe there are other life supporting planets out there

[jeffyang1]

lol i'll go with you:P

[jsf333]

But it doesn't write the probability of life either because it's very far away so there is no way to no for sure.

[Germanboy567]

@taiko78

I agree with you there. It pisses me off how ignorant scientists are thinking that life develops just like ours and it must be in the habitable zone and all that bullshit.

[taiko78]

Just because a planet has oxygen and the right chemicals for life as we know doesn`t mean that life would develop \like ours.Many other factors could make it hard for us to breathe, live there, e.g. gravity, atmospheric pressure.We may not be able to live there.We may still need suits to visit (and maybe investigate life there)

[HemisphereMachinima]

song name ?

[tinman842]

@adonyz666 moron..and if you get ther and find out you a fkn looser on that planet too.. then what.. lol. funny how loosers of this world think and wish they could find a planet where they might fit in.... try the island of misfits..

[mooch514666]

globle warming is bullshit. 10000 years ago the earth was 85% coverd in ice, and now people are starting to notice the ice is meltin.only the arrogance of man leads him to belive that we have a profound effect on a planet that has survived billons of years on its own.a valcano at one time puts more greenhouse gasses in to the atmosphere then all the cars in the word in a year, we will distroy ourselves long before this planet dies, and long befor we leave this planet for that matter.

[lizwilder123]

i have a bad feeling that we'll go mining on other planets like the Moon and Mars... eek. Avatar much.

[lizwilder123]

:) Me too.... but nothing like what would happen in Avatar the film... that was just BAD. we should try make mars better for life first... and yes, i wish i was born a lot later than now when the Earth is safe and global warming is figured out, and we've got other life on Mars too... :-/

[lizwilder123]

big question, does it have oxygen? I want to see a pandora like planet out there... but one where we're not foolish enough to do what they did in that film avatar... i always think it'd be funny if there was anothe rplanet out there watching us and discovering things on our planet. :P

[drakeroct]

so excitting !!!!