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Sinha
04-25-2007, 04:19 PM
WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe."

magichashan
04-25-2007, 04:20 PM
ammatasiri aththada

Sinha
04-25-2007, 04:29 PM
OW

Tissaka
04-25-2007, 04:30 PM
ammataudu... :shocked::shocked::shocked: ela ne... :D

sakala
04-25-2007, 04:35 PM
wooow:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: ehe innawanam kawuruhari egollo aliens lada humans lada

Sinha
04-25-2007, 04:51 PM
KELLO HITIYOTH ELA KIRI

nabil
04-25-2007, 05:15 PM
ful aathal

Anusha
04-25-2007, 05:48 PM
Does it have a stargate? :D

DJ.Parker
04-25-2007, 06:54 PM
cool. Do u have any news regarding this post? :D

Anusha
04-25-2007, 07:56 PM
Any news on a operational stargate on that planet? :confused:

snowgirl
04-25-2007, 07:57 PM
Can you post the link?

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:14 PM
ds planet has bn discovrd by euro astronomers..this planet circles around da Sun in 13 days....
the temperature is like da Earth...!!
It's also as close to Earth-sized as telescopes have ever spotted. Both elements make it the first potentially habitable planet besides Earth or Mars.

Astronomers say this puts them closer to answering the cosmic question: Are we alone?

another thing they've found is da water.....so....pplll.r v sure we're alone in da universe...

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:14 PM
ds planet has bn discovrd by euro astronomers..this planet circles around da Sun in 13 days....
the temperature is like da Earth...!!
It's also as close to Earth-sized as telescopes have ever spotted. Both elements make it the first potentially habitable planet besides Earth or Mars.

Astronomers say this puts them closer to answering the cosmic question: Are we alone?

another thing they've found is da water.....so....pplll.r v sure we're alone in da universe...:shocked:

Anusha
04-25-2007, 08:16 PM
13 days! I don't wanna get old that fast.

Of course we are not alone in the universe. Why the heck are there so many planets for, when life can't exist in them.

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:17 PM
KELLO HITIYOTH ELA KIRI
mata ekak set karala denna barida danne na neda
he he he
mama hari asay

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:17 PM
ds planet has bn discovrd by euro astronomers..this planet circles around da Sun in 13 days....
the temperature is like da Earth...!!
It's also as close to Earth-sized as telescopes have ever spotted. Both elements make it the first potentially habitable planet besides Earth or Mars.

Astronomers say this puts them closer to answering the cosmic question: Are we alone?

another thing they've found is da water.....so....pplll.r v sure we're alone in da universe...:shocked:
ha ha pora kohomada

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:19 PM
ha ha pora kohomada
pora????:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: dnt call me pora:angry:
n tell me...waz da meanin of "pora"?????:confused:

Anusha
04-25-2007, 08:20 PM
pora????:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: dnt call me pora:angry:
n tell me...waz da meanin of "pora"?????:confused:
Woah! Steam coming out of her ears!!! :rofl:

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:23 PM
Woah! Steam coming out of her ears!!! :rofl:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :yes:
tell me...waz da meanin of "pora"???

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:24 PM
pora????:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: dnt call me pora:angry:
n tell me...waz da meanin of "pora"?????:confused:
he he i cant undestand ingilis ,

Anusha
04-25-2007, 08:24 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :yes:
tell me...waz da meanin of "pora"???
Like "dude" :)

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:26 PM
he he i cant undestand ingilis ,


u cnt undstand ingils????:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
mama oyata kiwwe mata "pora" kiyanna epa kiyala.....dhen therunadha?:confused:
n mama dhanneth nehe eke theruma...!!

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:27 PM
Like "dude" :)
:rofl: ooooooooooooooh..really....??thx thx...;)

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:27 PM
Like "dude" :)
balapan ban meyata therenne na lu

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:28 PM
:rofl: ooooooooooooooh..really....??thx thx...;)
he he oka translate kara bwaradiiiiiiiii

Anusha
04-25-2007, 08:29 PM
balapan ban meyata therenne na lu
Pudumai neda? :D

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:31 PM
he he oka translate kara bwaradiiiiiiiii

n then??waz da meanin...plz..i'm nt jokin...coz i dnt knw all those SL words...jst studyin it coz i'm abroad...grown up abroad n studyin sinhala here....:sorry:
i knw SL, but nt da words u guys use...!:no:

lodperera
04-25-2007, 08:32 PM
he he i cant undestand ingilis ,

hi hii...
that waas coool....:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:32 PM
u cnt undstand ingils????:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
mama oyata kiwwe mata "pora" kiyanna epa kiyala.....dhen therunadha?:confused:
n mama dhanneth nehe eke theruma...!!
he he what da hell gal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,ur not in here ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
i like ur style thats y i told u pora,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
pora means if you have done a big thing or any cool thing we usually call
ela pora ............he he,,,,, so 1st day i thought ur a boy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, now i no u r gud gal,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he he

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:34 PM
n then??waz da meanin...plz..i'm nt jokin...coz i dnt knw all those SL words...jst studyin it coz i'm abroad...grown up abroad n studyin sinhala here....:sorry:
i knw SL, but nt da words u guys use...!:no:
ok ok i understand ,,,,,,,,,,,,, i am really sorry i thought ur in sri ,lanka..........he he

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:34 PM
hi hii...
that waas coool....:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
thanzx dude

thats my style

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:35 PM
Pudumai neda? :D
ayth ahala he he

lodperera
04-25-2007, 08:35 PM
if some1 have more info like potos.. pls post them here..
i just saw t on news..
i'm curious though..
thx in advance

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:36 PM
if some1 have more info like potos.. pls post them here..
i just saw t on news..
i'm curious though..
thx in advance
sure dude i try ma best

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:36 PM
he he what da hell gal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,ur not in here ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
i like ur style thats y i told u pora,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
pora means if you have done a big thing or any cool thin we usually call
ela pora ............he he,,,,, so 1st day i thought ur a boy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, now i no u r gud gal,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he he


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: yes...everybody thinkz i'm a boy......:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i dnt knw y.....GOD..u cn perfectly c ma username nah...:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
nyway.......dat meanz pora???oooohhhh...wooow.....thx thx......:yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i knw ppll call me machan n machii...but nt pora...daz y......
p.s: u like ma style???oh yes, modestly nah....:yes: i'm jst great bro...:lol:

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:38 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: yes...everybody thinkz i'm a boy......:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i dnt knw y.....GOD..u cn perfectly c ma username nah...:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
nyway.......dat meanz pora???oooohhhh...wooow.....thx thx......:yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i knw ppll call me machan n machii...but nt pora...daz y......
p.s: u like ma style???oh yes, modestly nah....:yes: i'm jst great bro...:lol:
he he thanx mata bro kiyana eke kiyanna epa mama asa na

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:41 PM
he he thanx mata bro kiyana eke kiyanna epa mama asa na

oooooooooooooh........oopps sorry..
but y dnt u like "bro"....ok then..i'll call u...
hey man.....:yes: :lol: ok then??or i call u..."pora"...:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:42 PM
oooooooooooooh........oopps sorry..
but y dnt u like "bro"....ok then..i'll call u...
hey man.....:yes: :lol: ok then??or i call u..."pora"...:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
mokadda bro kiyane mama danne na
he he
mata bro kiyanna epa ok

lodperera
04-25-2007, 08:42 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: yes...everybody thinkz i'm a boy......:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i dnt knw y.....GOD..u cn perfectly c ma username nah...:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
nyway.......dat meanz pora???oooohhhh...wooow.....thx thx......:yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: i knw ppll call me machan n machii...but nt pora...daz y......
p.s: u like ma style???oh yes, modestly nah....:yes: i'm jst great bro...:lol:


u got potenitailly humour stuck inside u girl..
try changing ur picture and that would help us to get u as a girl..
where are u i u dont mind??

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:43 PM
u got potenitailly humour stuck inside u girl..
try changing ur picture and that would help us to get u as a girl..
where are u i u dont mind??
he he
eka aththa machoo .......eyage pic ekak dammoth ela neda

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:46 PM
u got potenitailly humour stuck inside u girl..
try changing ur picture and that would help us to get u as a girl..
where are u i u dont mind??


ma picture:shocked: yyy????daz so sweet!!generally i dnt like love moviez...but dat ws a really nice 1...dat really made me cry..daz y put it!!:yes: :yes: :yes:
nywa.....yes ane..i knw i got humor; but only sumtimz coz whn i get angry i'm really bad bad bad...:yes: :yes:

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:48 PM
mokadda bro kiyane mama danne na
he he
mata bro kiyanna epa ok
bro meanz brother...but daz used also 4 mates....:yes: :yes: nyway..i dnt call ubro....!!ur choice nah...tell me hw cn i call u??i like "pora"!!:lol: :lol: jokin....
i'll call u.......magi...???:lol: :lol: :lol:

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:52 PM
ma picture:shocked: yyy????daz so sweet!!generally i dnt like love moviez...but dat ws a really nice 1...dat really made me cry..daz y put it!!:yes: :yes: :yes:
nywa.....yes ane..i knw i got humor; but only sumtimz coz whn i get angry i'm really bad bad bad...:yes: :yes:
whohooooooo i like bad girls

lodperera
04-25-2007, 08:54 PM
he he
eka aththa machoo .......eyage pic ekak dammoth ela neda

ane manda machan eyage kamaththak,,
i hope she dont understand.. hi hii..
then it would be really happenin

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:54 PM
bro meanz brother...but daz used also 4 mates....:yes: :yes: nyway..i dnt call ubro....!!ur choice nah...tell me hw cn i call u??i like "pora"!!:lol: :lol: jokin....
i'll call u.......magi...???:lol: :lol: :lol:
what da hell ...........magi ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,me mama gal kenek nemey magi kiyanna
he he anyway it's you'r choice ..............u can call me whatever u likeeeeeeeeee

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:55 PM
whohooooooo i like bad girls


oooohhh......nyway i'm nt a badgal!!!:no:
galz r not bad....n ma badness is only gettin angry.....;)

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 08:57 PM
what da hell ...........magi ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,me mama gal kenek nemey magi kiyanna
he he anyway it's you'r choice ..............u can call me whatever u likeeeeeeeeee


oooohhh....cum on......magi is awsssuummmm....it matchz u.....:yes: :yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: so so....dear magi.....nice 2 meet u:lol: ;)

magichashan
04-25-2007, 08:58 PM
oooohhh......nyway i'm nt a badgal!!!:no:
galz r not bad....n ma badness is only gettin angry.....;)
ok,,,,,,, i like good gals

magichashan
04-25-2007, 09:02 PM
oooohhh....cum on......magi is awsssuummmm....it matchz u.....:yes: :yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: so so....dear magi.....nice 2 meet u:lol: ;)
hey do u know who am iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii................he he who am i?
u can call m,e magic hashan ...............or hashan ..........not magi ok ,,,he he he ...........
mara namk ne mata damme oya ,,,,,,,,,he he katawath kiyanna epa ok shuuuuuuuuuuuuu?

magichashan
04-25-2007, 09:02 PM
oooohhh....cum on......magi is awsssuummmm....it matchz u.....:yes: :yes: :lol: :lol: :lol: so so....dear magi.....nice 2 meet u:lol: ;)
nice to meet u toooooooooooo

ashan_ok
04-25-2007, 09:06 PM
WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe."
Fatta ffatta!!! apita yanna berida !!:yes: :yes: :D

magichashan
04-25-2007, 09:08 PM
Fatta ffatta!!! apita yanna berida !!:yes: :yes: :D
puluwan machoo ehe kalith innawa luuu
mama yanawa ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mata mehe ,idala wadak na ,,,,,,,,,, mata thama kallak set wune na
he he

ashan_ok
04-25-2007, 09:18 PM
puluwan machoo ehe kalith innawa luuu
mama yanawa ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mata mehe ,idala wadak na ,,,,,,,,,, mata thama kallak set wune na
he he
oi ehe inne....kola pata, dam pata kaali!!!!! onenam daaganin:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

magichashan
04-25-2007, 09:23 PM
oi ehe inne....kola pata, dam pata kaali!!!!! onenam daaganin:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
ane meeee palayan do yanna uba nikan gihin thiyenawa wage neeeeee
kiyanne kola pata ,,unath mokada parts thiyenawa nam
he he he

ashan_ok
04-25-2007, 09:29 PM
ane meeee palayan do yanna uba nikan gihin thiyenawa wage neeeeee
kiyanne kola pata ,,unath mokada parts thiyenawa nam
he he he
Anee banzz!!:angry: :angry:
ube car ekata partz da???:lol: :lol: :lol:

Anusha
04-25-2007, 09:33 PM
hey do u know who am iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii................
u can call m,e magic hashan ...............or hashan ..........not magi ok ...........
mara namk ne mata damme oya ,,,,,,,,,he he katawath kiyanna epa ok sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
Onna api nang dekke nae :D

magichashan
04-25-2007, 09:33 PM
Anee banzz!!:angry: :angry:
ube car ekata partz da???:lol: :lol: :lol:
uba thama podi kollek wage mata penne ,,,,,,he he
ela ela kamak na thawa lokayak thiyenawa neeeeeeeee
hodayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

magichashan
04-25-2007, 09:35 PM
Onna api nang dekke nae :D
machooo mama jollyata kiwwe he he eyata mageth ekka thada unada manda
he he he

Anusha
04-25-2007, 09:37 PM
machooo mama jollyata kiwwe he he eyata mageth ekka thada unada manda
he he he
Mama hithanne nae ;)
Ohoma thada wenawada kellonta? Amu charter ne :D

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 10:37 PM
ok,,,,,,, i like good gals


:no: :no: :no: if u like badgalz u like badgalz, if u like gud galz, u like gudgalz....:yes: choose...!!bad or gud??:rolleyes:

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 10:40 PM
hey do u know who am iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii................he he who am i?
u can call m,e magic hashan ...............or hashan ..........not magi ok ,,,he he he ...........
mara namk ne mata damme oya ,,,,,,,,,he he katawath kiyanna epa ok shuuuuuuuuuuuuu?


oooh......i knw u..maybe......u've had a chat with ma broz...djpata n novindu few dayz ago!!!r8??!!ok then....i choose..i call u "magi"..daz awsssum!!:yes:

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 10:41 PM
machooo mama jollyata kiwwe he he eyata mageth ekka thada unada manda
he he he


no no...dnt worry..i had sum workz 2 do..daz y n studyin too..so i gotta go..!sorry

Anusha
04-25-2007, 10:44 PM
Whatever happened to that planet :D :lol:

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 10:50 PM
Whatever happened to that planet :D :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
ah yes...da planet told me dat he's itz really bc n tired n itz gone 2 take a nescafè!it cumz sooon he said.....:yes: :yes: dhenuth call ekak dhala mata kiwwa...:yes: :lol:

Anusha
04-25-2007, 10:52 PM
Are we talking about the same thing here? :confused: :D

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 10:56 PM
Are we talking about the same thing here? :confused: :D


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: maybe...but dnt think if we r or nt talkin abt da same thing...!!:lol: :lol: :lol: say da thing u hv in ur head!!!:lol: :lol: :lol: daz funny nah...:lol: :lol:

Anusha
04-25-2007, 10:59 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: maybe...but dnt think if we r or nt talkin abt da same thing...!!:lol: :lol: :lol: say da thing u hv in ur head!!!:lol: :lol: :lol: daz funny nah...:lol: :lol:
Whatever.....

Nobody answered me if that planet's got a stargate :oo:
Do we have a stargate on earth? (otherwise no point having one in that planet)

13-day year. People in that world live about 2500 years. :shocked:

negombobuwa
04-25-2007, 11:01 PM
i herad this news too but it wasn't discoverd by US it was discoverd by European scitists.

Anusha
04-25-2007, 11:03 PM
i herad this news too but it wasn't discoverd by US it was discoverd by European scitists.
Hmm...then they won't know if it has a stargate :(

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 11:04 PM
Whatever.....

Nobody answered me if that planet's got a stargate :oo:
Do we have a stargate on earth? (otherwise no point having one in that planet)

13-day year. People in that world live about 2500 years. :shocked:


NO..I DNT THINK DAT PLANET HAS GOT A STARGATE......

yes...1 year is only 13 dayz....:yes: hey sorry.....i'll post sum info abt dat later or tmrw..ok

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 11:06 PM
The planet was discovered by the European Southern Observatory's telescope in La Silla, Chile, which has a special instrument that splits light to find wobbles in different wavelengths. Those wobbles can reveal the existence of other worlds.

What they revealed is a planet circling the red dwarf star, Gliese 581. Red dwarfs are low-energy, tiny stars that give off dim red light and last longer than stars like our sun. Until a few years ago, astronomers didn't consider these stars as possible hosts of planets that might sustain life.

The discovery of the new planet, named 581 c, is sure to fuel studies of planets circling similar dim stars. About 80 percent of the stars near Earth are red dwarfs.

The new planet is about five times heavier than Earth, and gravity there would be 1.6 times as strong as Earth's. Its discoverers aren't certain if it is rocky like Earth or if its a frozen ice ball with liquid water on the surface. If it is rocky like Earth, which is what the prevailing theory proposes, it has a diameter about 11/2 times bigger than our planet. If it is an iceball, as Mayor suggests, it would be even bigger.

Based on theory, 581 c should have an atmosphere, but what's in that atmosphere is still a mystery and if it's too thick that could make the planet's surface temperature too hot, Mayor said.

However, the research team believes the average temperature to be somewhere between 32 and 104 degrees and that set off celebrations among astronomers.

Until now, all 220 planets astronomers have found outside our solar system have had the "Goldilocks problem." They've been too hot, too cold or just plain too big and gaseous, like uninhabitable Jupiter.

The new planet seems just right -- or at least that's what scientists think.

"This could be very important," said NASA astrobiology expert Chris McKay, who was not part of the discovery team. "It doesn't mean there is life, but it means it's an Earth-like planet in terms of potential habitability."

Eventually astronomers will rack up discoveries of dozens, maybe even hundreds of planets considered habitable, the astronomers said. But this one -- simply called "c" by its discoverers when they talk among themselves -- will go down in cosmic history as No. 1.

Besides having the right temperature, the new planet is probably full of liquid water, hypothesizes Stephane Udry, the discovery team's lead author and another Geneva astronomer. But that is based on theory about how planets form, not on any evidence, he said.

"Liquid water is critical to life as we know it," co-author Xavier Delfosse of Grenoble University in France, said in a statement. "Because of its temperature and relative proximity, this planet will most probably be a very important target of the future space missions dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life. On the treasure map of the Universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X."

Other astronomers cautioned it's too early to tell whether there is water.

"You need more work to say it's got water or it doesn't have water," said retired NASA astronomer Steve Maran, press officer for the American Astronomical Society. "You wouldn't send a crew there assuming that when you get there, they'll have enough water to get back."

The new planet's star system is a mere 20.5 light years away, making Gliese 581 one of the 100 closest stars to Earth. It's so dim, you can't see it without a telescope, but it's somewhere in the constellation Libra, which is low in the southeastern sky during the mid-evening in the Northern Hemisphere.

Even so, Maran noted, "We don't know how to get to those places in a human lifetime."

But, oh, the view, if you could. The planet is 14 times closer to the star it orbits. Udry figures the red dwarf star would hang in the sky at a size 20 times larger than our moon. And it's likely, but still not known, that the planet doesn't rotate, so one side would always be sunlit and the other dark.

Two teams of astronomers, one in Europe and one in the United States, have been racing to be the first to find a planet like 581 c outside the solar system.

The European team looked at 100 different stars using a tool called HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity for Planetary Searcher) to find this one planet, said Xavier Bonfils of the Lisbon Observatory, one of the co-discoverers.

Much of the effort to find Earth-like planets has focused on stars like our sun with the challenge being to find a planet the right distance from the star it orbits. About 90 percent of the time, the European telescope focused its search more on sun-like stars, Udry said.

A few weeks before the European discovery earlier this month, a scientific paper in the journal Astrobiology theorized a few days that red dwarf stars were good candidates.

"Now we have the possibility to find many more," Bonfils said

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 11:06 PM
The planet was discovered by the European Southern Observatory's telescope in La Silla, Chile, which has a special instrument that splits light to find wobbles in different wavelengths. Those wobbles can reveal the existence of other worlds.

What they revealed is a planet circling the red dwarf star, Gliese 581. Red dwarfs are low-energy, tiny stars that give off dim red light and last longer than stars like our sun. Until a few years ago, astronomers didn't consider these stars as possible hosts of planets that might sustain life.

The discovery of the new planet, named 581 c, is sure to fuel studies of planets circling similar dim stars. About 80 percent of the stars near Earth are red dwarfs.

The new planet is about five times heavier than Earth, and gravity there would be 1.6 times as strong as Earth's. Its discoverers aren't certain if it is rocky like Earth or if its a frozen ice ball with liquid water on the surface. If it is rocky like Earth, which is what the prevailing theory proposes, it has a diameter about 11/2 times bigger than our planet. If it is an iceball, as Mayor suggests, it would be even bigger.

Based on theory, 581 c should have an atmosphere, but what's in that atmosphere is still a mystery and if it's too thick that could make the planet's surface temperature too hot, Mayor said.

However, the research team believes the average temperature to be somewhere between 32 and 104 degrees and that set off celebrations among astronomers.

Until now, all 220 planets astronomers have found outside our solar system have had the "Goldilocks problem." They've been too hot, too cold or just plain too big and gaseous, like uninhabitable Jupiter.

The new planet seems just right -- or at least that's what scientists think.

"This could be very important," said NASA astrobiology expert Chris McKay, who was not part of the discovery team. "It doesn't mean there is life, but it means it's an Earth-like planet in terms of potential habitability."

Eventually astronomers will rack up discoveries of dozens, maybe even hundreds of planets considered habitable, the astronomers said. But this one -- simply called "c" by its discoverers when they talk among themselves -- will go down in cosmic history as No. 1.

Besides having the right temperature, the new planet is probably full of liquid water, hypothesizes Stephane Udry, the discovery team's lead author and another Geneva astronomer. But that is based on theory about how planets form, not on any evidence, he said.

"Liquid water is critical to life as we know it," co-author Xavier Delfosse of Grenoble University in France, said in a statement. "Because of its temperature and relative proximity, this planet will most probably be a very important target of the future space missions dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life. On the treasure map of the Universe, one would be tempted to mark this planet with an X."

Other astronomers cautioned it's too early to tell whether there is water.

"You need more work to say it's got water or it doesn't have water," said retired NASA astronomer Steve Maran, press officer for the American Astronomical Society. "You wouldn't send a crew there assuming that when you get there, they'll have enough water to get back."

The new planet's star system is a mere 20.5 light years away, making Gliese 581 one of the 100 closest stars to Earth. It's so dim, you can't see it without a telescope, but it's somewhere in the constellation Libra, which is low in the southeastern sky during the mid-evening in the Northern Hemisphere.

Even so, Maran noted, "We don't know how to get to those places in a human lifetime."

But, oh, the view, if you could. The planet is 14 times closer to the star it orbits. Udry figures the red dwarf star would hang in the sky at a size 20 times larger than our moon. And it's likely, but still not known, that the planet doesn't rotate, so one side would always be sunlit and the other dark.

Two teams of astronomers, one in Europe and one in the United States, have been racing to be the first to find a planet like 581 c outside the solar system.

The European team looked at 100 different stars using a tool called HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity for Planetary Searcher) to find this one planet, said Xavier Bonfils of the Lisbon Observatory, one of the co-discoverers.

Much of the effort to find Earth-like planets has focused on stars like our sun with the challenge being to find a planet the right distance from the star it orbits. About 90 percent of the time, the European telescope focused its search more on sun-like stars, Udry said.

A few weeks before the European discovery earlier this month, a scientific paper in the journal Astrobiology theorized a few days that red dwarf stars were good candidates.

"Now we have the possibility to find many more," Bonfils said

Anusha
04-25-2007, 11:06 PM
NO..I DNT THINK DAT PLANET HAS GOT A STARGATE......

yes...1 year is only 13 dayz....:yes: hey sorry.....i'll post sum info abt dat later or tmrw..ok
So we'll have to wait till some one comes up with a design to build a hyperdrive engine :(
That will surely take some time with no help from more intelligent beings. Sigh....

Anusha
04-25-2007, 11:09 PM
Planet doesn't rotate? Crap!
Red dwarf? What about white light?
And lots and lots of assumptions :oo:

azrah ghaffoor
04-25-2007, 11:13 PM
wow!! cooll

aye_sha90
04-25-2007, 11:18 PM
So we'll have to wait till some one comes up with a design to build a hyperdrive engine :(
That will surely take some time with no help from more intelligent beings. Sigh....
hey mama info wageak post kala..dhekke neddha?:confused:

magichashan
04-26-2007, 09:11 AM
Whatever.....

Nobody answered me if that planet's got a stargate :oo:
Do we have a stargate on earth? (otherwise no point having one in that planet)

13-day year. People in that world live about 2500 years. :shocked:
yes dude,,,,,,,,,,,,we have's 3 ,,,,,,,,, and u know 1 gate is in anuradapura sri lanka,,,,hey i am not joking ok ,,,,,,,,,,,,,don't think i am stupid ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Anusha
04-26-2007, 09:13 AM
hey mama info wageak post kala..dhekke neddha?:confused:
Dekka!!! But it's not close to earth ne? 20.5 light years away!!! Jeez!

magichashan
04-26-2007, 09:13 AM
:no: :no: :no: if u like badgalz u like badgalz, if u like gud galz, u like gudgalz....:yes: choose...!!bad or gud??:rolleyes:
ok then let me ask you a question ,,,,,, r u a good or a bad gal??????????????????????????

Anusha
04-26-2007, 09:13 AM
yes dude,,,,,,,,,,,,we have's 3 ,,,,,,,,, and u know 1 gate is in anuradapura sri lanka,,,,hey i am not joking ok ,,,,,,,,,,,,,don't think i am stupid ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Really? Where in Anuradhapura? :D

MCLINER
04-26-2007, 09:14 AM
wow

shenigirl
04-26-2007, 09:16 AM
Man dis is amazing!!...

magichashan
04-26-2007, 09:17 AM
Really? Where in Anuradhapura? :D
i can't tell u that machooo sorry ...............
and there r nother 2 left,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Anusha
04-26-2007, 09:18 AM
i can't tell u that machooo sorry ...............
and there r nother 2 left,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Aiyo :D
Mamath ekak hadanna oone kawada hari ;) :lol:

magichashan
04-26-2007, 09:21 AM
Aiyo :D
Mamath ekak hadanna oone kawada hari ;) :lol:
machan loke bahay kiyala deyak na,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
one nam mama information dennam ,......................ok
i'll try ma best to help you

MCLINER
04-26-2007, 09:22 AM
machan loke bahay kiyala deyak na,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
one nam mama information dennam ,......................ok
i'll try ma best to help you
ane matath oya gate 1k dennako

Anusha
04-26-2007, 09:23 AM
machan loke bahay kiyala deyak na,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
one nam mama information dennam ,......................ok
i'll try ma best to help you
:)

BTW. can't you teleport yourself yet?

aye_sha90
04-26-2007, 07:32 PM
ok then let me ask you a question ,,,,,, r u a good or a bad gal??????????????????????????


no...!!answer 2 ma quest b4!!ladiez 1st ok....:yes:

nAPs2JAAN
04-26-2007, 07:49 PM
Im gonna stay in that new planet :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

Anusha
04-26-2007, 07:57 PM
Im gonna stay in that new planet :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
You are helping to stabilize the population growth. Bravo :D

aye_sha90
04-26-2007, 08:02 PM
You are helping to stabilize the population growth. Bravo :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: