Comments on: Astronomers find 5 planet system!

By: joe doe

joe doe — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:09:21 +0000

wow thrilled and not thrilled rofl. never in astronomy history am i so DISSAPOINTED (along with pluto is not a planet) at attention seeking people. Now i am a science lover and astronomy buff dont get me wrong, but if i told you that ive detected elvis was alive with blurry photographic evidence, youd be sitting here all laughing at me right about now.
proof, proof, proof! i am tired of overboastfull claims of finding planets
based on star wobbling, show me full, clear color photos!
whatever happened to the scientific method?
if i told you there is an ant farting on mars right now based on how mars shimmers, you would all be laughing.
these are like listening to peoples antedotes about ghosts, only with no photographic evidence other than half baked theories. Not that the theories arent wrong but its much like even stephen hawking getting in the fray theorizing about black holes wich not only we cant see, probably wont be able to see. Now if i were to write books or papers on matters
without giving clear cut proof of scientific order, id generaly be laughed at but am wondering why are we taking these people so seriously and
isnt it a bit dangerous as well as mind numbingly boring.
lets put it this way, yes i believe planets are out there, but astronomy
is a visual art form and me remarking about planets we cant see and
making discoveries that are speculation is a little like me takling
about the lost picasso paintings my grandpa thinks might be in his
attack over in yakima. a waste of time and much like canals on mars,
better be sure of what your saying with visual PROOF.
and creationalists and religionists are scared of astronomy because
it will likely prove the universe far older and may be able to finaly
show religions are man made nonsense. but hey millions of people
believe in things they cant see like elvis still being alive and god.
sad to see weve added bad science and bad astronomy to the lot.

end of my rant LOL.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:47:25 +0000

I think this peace of art is one of the greatest descoveries in astronomy history!

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:57:51 +0000

I believe in God. I believe in creation. I also have an open mind to new things. I think that it is naive to think that we are the only people in the entire universe. Well maybe not “people” but you get it, right? I feel that God made a world, it wasn’t perfect so he went far enough away to where we would never find the next one, and made a new world, it wasn’t perfect, and so on. Forever on a search for the perfect world in a never ending cycle. Until one day, he will make it, then he will go to the start of his line and come back and take all of the believers with him. Then go on to the next planet and take all the believers. (The Rapture)

My theory. You can take it or leave it, it doesn’t bother me any. Just letting you know my view on things.

Pro-exploration!

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By: Robert C

Robert C — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:13:03 +0000

So why don’t we blast a super-powerful signal to that general area to see if there is any response? I don’t see the harm in such an experiment. Send out a signal, and wait for an answer. I might not be around in another 82 years, but my kids might, and hopefully so will a scientific community. Its worth a shot. Tell me if I’m wrong in some way, please!

By: Michael Amato

Michael Amato — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:49:47 +0000

The fact that we have a multiple planet solar system nearby tells me multiple planet systems are very common. These new earth and space based telescopes are going to find many earthlike planets and moons of jovian type planets. All the types of stars have a habitable zone and when we find planets in these zones they must be analyzed.

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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:57:51 +0000

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