[HN Gopher] New exoplanets identified that could potentially har...
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New exoplanets identified that could potentially harbor life
Author : keepamovin
Score : 50 points
Date : 2024-01-28 16:42 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| thegrim33 wrote:
| As cool as TESS is, the title is too clickbaity, the article has
| absolutely nothing to with planets potentially harboring life.
| It's just a press piece about how more exoplanets have been
| found. "The habitability of these planets remains a subject of
| further research."
| OldGuyInTheClub wrote:
| Also, "These findings await confirmation by NASA, but the
| researchers are hopeful that future observations will provide
| definitive validation."
| notfed wrote:
| -"Chemistry lab creates new molecule, potentially a cure for
| cancer"
|
| -"Man finds 1000 of ants in kitchen, potentially new species"
| aforty wrote:
| What exactly is unclear about the title?
|
| "New exoplanets identified that could potentially harbor life"
|
| The word "potentially" setup my expectations perfectly.
| gcr wrote:
| When I hear "potential" to harbor life, I think of "potential
| to harbor life greater than the mean exoplanet." Otherwise
| like, why comment on it at all ?
|
| Imagine headlines like "Farm sells latest batch of apples
| with potential to be a choking hazard." Wouldn't it be
| reasonable to expect the average lay reader to be wary of
| that farm's output?
| aforty wrote:
| Well I think the problem is with how to interpret that
| word. The potential is there because these exoplanets are
| in the habitable zone near their respective stars. That's
| the headline and the story: these planets could be
| habitable and neither the title or article make any claims
| that they could indeed have any life on them.
| vkou wrote:
| 'Child born with potential to become a trillionaire' is
| technically true about any child, but barring some unique
| aspect of the child is an utterly meaningless headline.
| andreygrehov wrote:
| Suppose there is life on some exoplanet. Now what?
| ngneer wrote:
| Invent warp drive?
| Bnichs wrote:
| Now there is the biggest incentive in human history to invest
| in long distance space travel and communication tech.
|
| Before the americas were discovered by Europeans, sailing and
| travel tech was nothing compared to what it became after there
| was a new undiscovered area that caused for a major shift in
| the mindset of where to pool resources.
| euroderf wrote:
| Put the Arecibo message on heavy rotation.
| broast wrote:
| We watch each other carefully.
| garbanz0 wrote:
| Do they have oil? If so, we must stop the terrorists there.
| neals wrote:
| We eat!
| TravisCooper wrote:
| Spoiler: There's no life on any of those planets.
| jWhick wrote:
| aren't new exoplanets being discovered at a monthly if not weekly
| basis?
| h4ch1 wrote:
| I always like to self-cope by telling myself life other than us
| exists in a plane of existence/dimension that we cannot
| comprehend and that's why we haven't found anything.
|
| Fingers crossed that we stumble upon another 3 dimensional carbon
| based lifeform though, can't even wrap my head around how that'd
| affect civilization, would certainly be a mindset altering change
| globally.
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