NASA Will Be Announcing A Big Discovery On Exoplanets In Its Conference Today

[jeff of pa]

Exoplanets: These are planets that orbit the stars beyond our solar systems and are most likely the places to host life. In a few hours NASA will be announcing a “discovery beyond our solar system” during a press conference in Washington DC. So the question that remains is that what is the content that NASA will be discussing in this conference today?

[h=2]NASA conference on Exoplanets[/h] Surprisingly the only thing we know for now is that NASA has some ‘new findings’ on exoplanets and the information is under an embargo with the Nature journal till the press conference takes place. Sounds exciting doesn’t it? The fact that NASA is pulling researchers from around the world to speak at this conference tells us that it is definitely going to be a huge deal.
NASA will be broadcasting the entire event live on NASA TV today at 1PM ET.

NASA Will Be Announcing A Big Discovery On Exoplanets In Its Conference Today

 

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[jeff of pa]

1PM or 6PM ? this one says 6


Nasa announcement: Will it announce the discovery of alien life at the 6pm press conference?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/22/nasa-announcement-live/

 

[kcm]

Eh, you beat me to it Jeff.

Seven Earth-size exoplanets found orbiting nearby star | KVUE.com

Seven Earth-size exoplanets found orbiting nearby star

Astronomers announced on Wednesday the discovery of seven Earth-size planets around a single star, three of which are located in the star’s habitable zone.

The seven exoplanets are orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star approximately 40 light years (235 trillion miles) from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Researchers in Chile using TRAPPIST, named for The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, announced in May 2016 they discovered three planets in the system. A release from NASA on Wednesday stated their Spitzer Space Telescope worked with ground-based telescopes to confirm “the existence of two of these planets and discovered five additional ones, increasing the number of known planets in the system to seven.

“This discovery could be a significant piece in the puzzle of finding habitable environments, places that are conducive to life,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “Answering the question ‘are we alone’ is a top science priority and finding so many planets like these for the first time in the habitable zone is a remarkable step forward toward that goal.”

All seven exoplanets orbit TRAPPIST-1 in an orbit that is closer than Mercury is to our sun, but with the star being much cooler and smaller, scientists believe liquid water could be present on planets closer to TRAPPIST-1.

The Spitzer, Hubble and Kepler telescopes are expected to be used in follow-up studies, along with NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope that will launch in 2018.

Not sure if that image will show up here. Is a still image from a video. Couldn't even get the other image this far. There's also a video or two as well.

 

[Chadeaux]

oh boy! Now they can fund more space exploration. I mean, it's our money funneled into their fake space program ... again?

 

[jeff of pa]

oh boy! Now they can fund more space exploration. I mean, it's our money funneled into their fake space program ... again?

as long as they don't "Pretend" to go to the Moon again like Buzz Aldrin did , I'm fine
with the research.

 

[DannyB.]

40 light years! May as well be in outersace.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Playing/singing song by the Rolling Stones... TWO THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME... COSMIC! VERY Cosmic!

 

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I'm going to book a flight but LaGuardia and Kennedy are closed due to the snow.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

I'm going to book a flight but LaGuardia and Kennedy are closed due to the snow.

SNOW...? !!! Nah, that's "BLOW"! Heh...