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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Are aliens hiding on MOONS? Hunting for ET on planets' satellites may be our best chance at first contact, claims expert Dr David Kipping of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says our best chance of finding life may be on exomoons He is working on a mission to study distant moons for signs of habitability using the Kepler telescope, reports All About Space magazine Moons around extrasolar gas giants could potentially be havens for life In an upcoming study Dr Kipping and his team will look at hundreds of exoplanets for signs of moons They will then discern how common different moons are in the Milky Way And it's hoped that one day habitable exomoons will be found http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2751823/Is-best-chance-finding-alien-life-MOON-Hunting-ET-satellites-distant-planets-best-bet-contact-claims-expert.html |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
I hate to always be the nay-saying curmudgeon but let's wait for some results before we repeat unsubstantiated claims and wild speculation which make the SETI effort look like it is populated by a bunch of Buffoons. Who funds these University studies anyway ?? Probably an un-savvy government bureaucrat. |
Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0 |
First for an intelligent alien to land on a moon that is frozen for eons. If he was intelligent why the hell would he go to uninhabitable moon within sight in the moons sky is a blue planet earth. Nope NO HABLA aint gonna happen because blue world can mean water and this planet radiates radio waves. Even if not understood the signals can be picked up.It means life is there and detectible. Trying to survive on a frozen world is terribly hard and expensive. Just what do you eat? |
Josef W. Segur Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0 |
Not all moons are frozen. Many gas giant planets have been detected in much smaller orbits than Jupiter. If Jupiter were in an orbit similar to Earth, its moons would probably have surface temperatures very like Earth's. Even where they are, scientists are reasonably certain some have liquid water which might harbor life. If they can detect such moons about exoplanets, I agree that those would be good candidates for life as we know it. Joe |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Some of you responded as if this was a statement about our moon. If it was then I agree the idea is preposterous. If the statement was about the possibility that there are habitable moons circling large planets around other stars, why not? I think it is possible that a moon can have the right conditions for life as easily as a planet. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Ianab Send message Joined: 11 Jun 08 Posts: 732 Credit: 20,635,586 RAC: 5 |
Some of you responded as if this was a statement about our moon. If it was then I agree the idea is preposterous. If the statement was about the possibility that there are habitable moons circling large planets around other stars, why not? I think it is possible that a moon can have the right conditions for life as easily as a planet. The ideas not new. Star wars? The Ewoks lived on a moon. Saw something along the same line of thinking online this week. There are 5 bodies in the solar system that have liquid water. 4 of them are moons. No evidence of life on the moons as yet, but just looking at those odds, it would seem possible that moons exist some place that could support life. Ian |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
*warning - buffoon entering thread* Hello planetlings :) How are you all? I think it is possible that a moon can have the right conditions for life as easily as a planet. Me too :) Evolving on a life-friendly moon around a hideously inhospitable planet might well leave moonlings convinced that looking for planet-based life is an activity reserved for buffoons... although *drift into far away look* they might call them bufflanets I suppose... When it comes to presenting us with life forms in places we dismissed as uninhabitable, our planet has astonished us many times over, so it's good to see that such preconceptions about viable habitats are being put aside in my view :) it would seem possible that moons exist some place that could support life. +2 (and +1) :) I say, let's wait and see... and thanks for the thread Lynn... and in the meantime... popcorn anyone? :) *examine closely* ooh... this one looks like a poodle... *munch* a cloud... *munch* ooh a moonling!! *put aside to send to the Daily mail* :) |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
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KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
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William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
*warning - buffoon entering thread* That would be "buffoonette" LOL-- thinking that you could take some ribbing, As far as I know the best chance for extant life might be under the Ice on Europa. I would guess that all life exhibits "Intelligence" at some level. Life that is comparable to homo sapiens is another question altogether. Many of the statements made imply that smart aliens like us are lurking throughout the solar system. I think that it is important to see if life of any kind ( above the level of a virus--say) can be found anywhere else other than Earth, Mars may still be the best place to look for evidence of (extinct?) life. |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
*warning - buffoon entering thread* :)))))) rib away! :) As far as I know the best chance for extant life might be under the Ice on Europa. I would guess that all life exhibits "Intelligence" at some level. Life that is comparable to homo sapiens is another question altogether. Things are looking up then! :) (apologies... some days my nose is at a less erm... lofty... angle when contemplating anniet and her fellow earthlings... today is not one of them :) no offence intended to any setizens though :)) Many of the statements made imply that smart aliens like us are lurking throughout the solar system. I think that it is important to see if life of any kind ( above the level of a virus--say) can be found anywhere else other than Earth, I'd be happy with a virus. Not sure that comes across quite how I intended. It would be a start is what I mean... not a demise or space mumps or anything Mars may still be the best place to look for evidence of (extinct?) life. And then after that, one of them moons we've been talking about :) edit: good comic strips again :))))))) |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Don't encourage him Annie he is bad enough as it is! We still don't know why Gloria got ill on the spaceship .... Virus do you think? :) |
Larry Monske Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 281 Credit: 554,328 RAC: 0 |
No earth like star system is closer than 55 light years,that's 1,350,000 years one way at 30,000 MPH. If you find them so what you couldn't spend a million years in space no matter what. Here is a reality check you spend 1.5 million years to travel to another star in our galaxy. But the Andromeda Galaxy will slam head on into the Milky Way.A billion years later or star will die and consume the earth. Planets stars will be ripped apart and scattered over thousands of light years.We have to go to another stable galaxy close to us Small Magellanic cloud and large Magellanic cloud are closest with stable stars. They are 16000 and 29000 light years away. Millions years of eating lettuce or algae there will be some pissed off astronauts. We have no time travel, warp drive, or able to endure zero G for more than 300 days. Worm holes still sci-fi yet. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
I thought this was answered a few years ago with that documentary call IRONSKY you know . Where the big secret was reveled , the NAZI's have built a base and are preparing to attack us with there space Blimps towing meteorites (no nukes yet) . There got these big tanks filled with helium 3 .... |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
Are aliens hiding on MOONS? Hunting for ET on planets' satellites may be our best chance at first contact, claims expert But to be honest: On a current data we hold, many Jovian type planets do fit in habitable zone around their stars ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gas_giants_in_the_habitable_zone )...those might have some moon that might have life on them! Though, that life could hardly evolve to inteligent life form...'cause of the frequent bombing of that world from the sky (Jovian type of planets attract more asteroids to their belt & to themselves, making them more potent of having life with "panspermia theory", but making that life more fracturable by devastatin asteroids)... :/ non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Are aliens hiding on MOONS? Hunting for ET on planets' satellites may be our best chance at first contact, claims expert Beg's the question why would E.T contact us when all they need and more is on the Jouvian Moons |
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