The 2010 New Planet discovered, aka Gliese 581G a new planet that supports life? Scientists have made a shocking discovery, and that’s a new planet. It’s also known as a “Goldilocks” planet, as it is located within the so-called Goldilocks zone which means that there’s a great possibility that this place will support human life.
Located 20 light years from earth, it would take hundreds of years to reach with the best technology possible. Therefore, it’s unlikely that the new planet will be a popular vacation destination any time soon. Traveling at the speed of light, it would take 20 years to reach – but we don’t have the technology to travel that fast.
Could there be life forms on the new planet? Who knows! It’s possible given its positioning around a red dwarf star (which our sun is a red dwarf, too…see we have lots in common already with our new neighbors.).
The unique thing about this planet is that on one half it’s always day and the other half it’s always night because the planet doesn’t rotate like earth. In addition, instead of taking 365 days to go around the sun, it only takes about 37.
As a child, I always dreamed of going to outer space and visiting another planet. Although in my lifetime that might not be possible, perhaps within a generation or two space travel will be the new exotic luxury. With the possibility of life-supporting planets such as the new planet discovered 2010 aka Gliese 581G, it’s amazing to think that one day it might be possible.
8 Comments to “New Planet Discovered 2010, aka Planet Gliese 581G Like Earth? [PHOTO]”
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im getting into space now that im getting older and i love hearing about new planets but this one might take like 300 years to get to is what i think but im not sure -.-’
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I don’t think the new planet holds intelligent life. We would have been getting radio signals if there was. I find the whole discovery very interesting though and perhaps there is some form of life on it. There is surely some form of beings out there somewhere.
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Well if there is life on the planet, we dont know how advanced they are. Maybe they’re still running around in the bush or maybe they decided that it wasn’t worth the risk of cancer to use radio waves. Come on people.
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second comment-Mr Harry J…Harry, why the hell does intelligent life have to mean they use radio waves? it is an alien planet you fool, they could have used any other part of the electromagnetic spectrum for coms, or something we dont even know about, once again, ALIEN, get it? unkown to us-even if there arent microbes there, it may still be a planet compatible with mans needs, THAT alone would be a paradigm shift in mans future endevours, and if it were confirmed, u could bet your left nut it would accelerate research into technology to get us there, hell, it may even be the saviour of Human kind!
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its wonder to discover a new planet aka gliese 581g.but our technology is poor to reach it. it may take 1000 years to develop rockets or spaceships to travel @ speed of light.if there is a life it will be helpful to us.
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November 25th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
thier shy aliens and not as advanced as we are,why,well they have daylight on one side and night on the other, that means they good be working all day, for many days and traveling to the night to rest,and then start over again,thier bck in the 40,s weshould try to help them learn to cummunicate with us,we teach them they tach us. good futures are made from this.