Kepler Mission
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Uploaded by Kowch737 on Nov 2, 2008
The centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. There is now clear evidence for substantial numbers of three types of exoplanets; gas giants, hot-super-Earths in short period orbits, and ice giants. The following websites are tracking the day-by-day increase in new discoveries and are providing information on the characteristics of the planets as well as those of the stars they orbit: Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia, New Worlds Atlas, and Current Planet Count Widget. The challenge now is to find terrestrial planets (i.e., those one half to twice the size of the Earth), especially those in the habitable zone of their stars where liquid water and possibly life might exist. The Kepler Mission, NASA Discovery mission #10, is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone and determine how many of the billions of stars in our galaxy have such planets. Results from this mission will allow us to place our solar system within the continuum of planetary systems in the Galaxy.
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shet, who use my account to comment on this??
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yes, because they survive some threats that may kill them, same to us.. we can survive.. that's why hubble is searching for Earthlike planets. It's important, specially if there's no way we can save Earth.. for example, an earth size asteroid will Hit us, damn, what in the world can stop that?? hehe... No one really knows what can happen, there are so many predictions, who knows what will some true...
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come on! human race exists only 13 million years.. the crocodile lives more than 200 million and is considered the most living race ever.. So come on..!
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I feel sorry for the worlds that are found.
God help us all
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may be Yes.. may be No.. atlist human race will be ready in case it reach the point where Earth can no longer sustain life.Besides, there's a lot of factor that makes it come earlier, like Global Warming.. i think the only reason for human race not to come to that point is when a large asteroid hits Earth.. or if a deadly virus hits all human being and everybody is dead..
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Lol. That's just ridiculous! Everything isn't a conspiracy, you know! Just because X-files is a nice tv-series doesn't mean it's real.
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awesome.
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intuition
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exciting!!!
if they find other planets, then most religions on earth have a lot of explaining to do!
seniorgomez666 2 years ago 10
well, not exactly, i am a devout christian and i believe that it is very possible that god created other beings. It doesnt say that he didnt. DOnt be niave. I also believe that evolution is real. AND SCIENCE IS 100 PERCENT COMPATIBLE WITH THE BIBLE!!! THe bible is god inspired and must be INTERPRETED WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS, HEART FEELING, AND OPINION! IT IS A SEARCH FOR GOD NOT PROOF OF GOD!
clk147 2 years ago