Alien life certain to exist on Earth-like planet, scientists say - Polidicks

Yay Aliens! :3:

I can see the alien's reaction now. Let's assume they browse FP. *Reads Facepunch thread* "OH FUCK."

This got me thinking: Imagine if you had a FTL drive and traveled beyond the very first photons that universe created. You could see the big bang with your own eyes.

[QUOTE=booster;25196720]Is it possible to get pictures of this planet via Hubble? Or is it simply too far away?[/QUOTE] seeing that our pictures of pluto are like 32x32 i'm pretty sure we won't [editline]03:15PM[/editline] we gotta get some self replicating nano bots that's what

[QUOTE=noctune9;25197102]This got me thinking: Imagine if you had a FTL drive and traveled beyond the very first photons that universe created. You could see the big bang with your own eyes.[/QUOTE] Have fun existing in the radiation fog and plasma that was created after the big bang. Read about The Last Scattering Surface.

What is it with scientists using earth to determine whether a planet can have life or not?

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;25197541]What is it with scientists using earth to determine whether a planet can have life or not?[/QUOTE] Because we don't know of any other type of life yet, so using Earth-like life as a basic standpoint is normal.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;25197541]What is it with scientists using earth to determine whether a planet can have life or not?[/QUOTE] It's called using a scale. We know earth can support life where as every other planet or moon we have discovered cannot support terrestrial life we know about, so we use our world as a measuring stick to judge whether or not other words could sustain life similar to ours.

[QUOTE=Orkel;25197618]Because we don't know of any other type of life yet, so using Earth-like life as a basic standpoint is normal.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=bravehat;25197662]It's called using a scale. We know earth can support life where as every other planet or moon we have discovered cannot support terrestrial life we know about, so we use our world as a measuring stick to judge whether or not other words could sustain life similar to ours.[/QUOTE] Isn't that a bit snobby? To assume we are the only lifeform out there? 'We can't live there so there's no possible way that there's any other lifeform'?

Well the whole point is look for places we know can support life, because it seems very likely from experience that is where they will be. We don't have the resources to probe every rock we see in space so we have to choose, why not choose the ones we expect can support life like our own.

[QUOTE=bravehat;25197789]Well the whole point is look for places we know can support life, because it seems very likely from experience that is where they will be. We don't have the resources to probe every rock we see in space so we have to choose, why not choose the ones we expect can support life like our own.[/QUOTE] That's my problem. Scientists don't say that life isn't very likely to exist on a planet, they flat out say that it's impossible for life to exist on a planet if we can't live on it. It's that attitude that just pisses me off.

Who the fuck says that? They say human or earth life cannot exist on most other planets for the simple reason the atmospheres, gravity or tectonic action in the rock will kill us. There are several proposed possibilities but the basics are that creatures similar to us are the most likely because of the body chemistry.

[QUOTE=bravehat;25198048]Who the fuck says that? They say human or earth life cannot exist on most other planets for the simple reason the atmospheres, gravity or tectonic action in the rock will kill us. There are several proposed possibilities but the basics are that creatures similar to us are the most likely because of the body chemistry.[/QUOTE] I never hear them say anything about life similar to us or anything on earth, I only ever hear them talk about life. Period.

Then you get stuck with the shitty ones that shitty news channels pay to say "this will ruin your life guaranteed"

[QUOTE=TheTalon;25192086] Wouldn't that be some shit though, if you arrived, and there was already earthlings there who greeted you? 'Yeah we developed FTL technology while you were enroute'[/QUOTE] But the humans had deformed and become hideously ugly due to the different atmosphere taking them on a strange evolutionary path and they forced you to breed with them in an attempt to create humans that look the way we used to [i][b]Space[/b][/i]

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;25198131]But the humans had deformed and become hideously ugly due to the different atmosphere taking them on a strange evolutionary path and they forced you to breed with them in an attempt to create humans that look the way we used to [i][b]Space[/b][/i][/QUOTE] :derp: WHY WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THESE HEINOUS IMAGES INTO MY MIND!!!

Seeing as the hubble is 20 years old, do you guys think it would be "plausible" to take a picture of it if we used todays Technology?

[QUOTE=booster;25198410]Seeing as the hubble is 20 years old, do you guys think it would be "plausible" to take a picture of it if we used todays Technology?[/QUOTE] No. Same reason we can't take pictures of Pluto's surface with the Hubble Telescope.

[QUOTE=bravehat;25198336]:derp: WHY WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THESE HEINOUS IMAGES INTO MY MIND!!![/QUOTE] Heinous is a strange way to spell [i]arousing[/i]

It'd be amazing to see a picture of this planet, I wonder how similar it would look to earth climate wise. Like would you see hurricanes,snow,deserts,rainforest and such? And how much of the planet is covered in Water.

How do we know the organisms on the planet will be edible? Will our crops grow on it?

We don't even know if the planet has organisms on it, and if it's similar in composition to our planet, has carbon and water, then we have plants that can grow on it. And besides unless the hypothetical animals are toxic then we can eat them.

[QUOTE=bravehat;25198795]We don't even know if the planet has organisms on it, and if it's similar in composition to our planet, has carbon and water, then we have plants that can grow on it. And besides unless the hypothetical animals are toxic then we can eat them.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't it be crazy if everything there evolved to look like life on Earth? It would pretty much confirm that life here was spread by a comet.

We will never get there, for now why don't we focus on making earth a better place to live on instead of staring off at a planet we will never see

I dunno. What is the fastest a spaceship has gone? As of now, even if we could accelerate something to like 80 or 90% of the speed of light, which is possible, it should be able to definitely arrive within our lifespans, no? Now, the question remains: how do we accomplish this? I doubt any humans would be going--we haven't even been to mars yet--robots or probes, though...

[QUOTE=evilweazel;25198954]We will never get there, for now why don't we focus on making earth a better place to live on instead of staring off at a planet we will never see[/QUOTE] Yes, we will never get there despite the fact the universe will exist for a few more billion years at least and we have already planned spacecraft that can hit 95% light speed which would get us there in just over 20 years. Yeah, never reaching it. [editline]05:45PM[/editline] [QUOTE=mrcole92;25199059]I dunno. What is the fastest a spaceship has gone? As of now, even if we could accelerate something to like 80 or 90% of the speed of light, which is possible, it should be able to definitely arrive within our lifespans, no? Now, the question remains: how do we accomplish this?[/QUOTE] Valkyrie rockets, which unfortunately require anti matter.

We need to get those wormholes up and running damnit.

Darwin IV anyone?

[QUOTE=booster;25193314]I think we should build a couple of huge killing machines, invade their planet, destroy a bunch of shit and scare them shitless, Kinda like this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doO-8KtoQYM[/media] and then go all "Just kidding we come in Peace"[/QUOTE] That's some pretty bad dandruff.

The Stigs alien cousin?