NASA announced evidence on Thursday Jupiter’s moon
has a saltwater ocean under its icy surface; the ocean seems to have more water
than all the water on earth’s surface, according to new Hubble observations.
Scientists estimate that the ocean is 60 miles thick, which is about 10 times
deeper than earth’s oceans. “This discovery marks a significant milestone,
highlighting what only Hubble can accomplish” stated by John Grunsfield,
assistant administrator of NASA’s science mission directorate at NASA
headquarters. Hubble is a
2.5 billion dollar worth of grade A equipment, Hubble is a telescope that has a
orbit height of 327 miles and can see up to 10 to 15 billion light years. Mars
has methane which is one of the many proponents of oxygen and that could mean
there’s life. Mars has about one-third the gravity of earth. If a rock dropped
on mars, it would fall more slowly than a rock falls on earth . A person who weighs 100 pounds on earth would only weigh 27 pounds on mars because
of the reduced gravity. Tau-Ceti-F is a super earth candidate like its sibling
Tau-Ceti-E, but it orbits close to the outer edge of Tau-Ceti’s habitable zone.
This exoplanet is at 6.6 times as massive as earth and could be suitable for
life, if its atmosphere traps significant amounts of heat. Astronomers have discovered two
new super-earths orbiting on ancient 11.5 billion years old star a mere 13
light years from here. One planet is in the habitable zone, prompting a
researcher to wonder what kind of life could have evolved over such a long
period. For comparison, these exoplanets are 2.5 times older than the universe
itself, which is about 13.7 billion years old. If there is life on one of these
planets and that’s a BIG IF, it would be amazing. We believe that scientists on earth should do
everything they can to try to figure out if there is life on these other
planets. We have major faith that there is life on these planets but who knows.
We hope that someday, it may not be very soon but we live the day to find out
the answer that question. Our perspective on this is that it is a mystery. We
as people on earth are basically in the dialing ringing phase of a phone call.
So our question to you’ll is do you think anyone will PICK UP or will it go to VOICEMAIL?
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ReplyDeleteGreat topic and I hope it goes to voicemail lol... We have enough problems here from humans; I do not think we are ready to deal with other creatures. We need to figure out the creatures living on earth, before we start communicating with other planets.
ReplyDeleteI think you should definitely think about majoring in astrophysics or astronomy.
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