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re: Astronomers find planet potentially capable of supporting lifequote: I thought you were smart and shit? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Give me a break...its been 20 years.  Reply • Back to Top |
| Well..... Am I right? Reply • Back to Top |
quote: We can make pretty good guesses. There's a window that compounds form, dissolve, or denature. If you understand the "constants" then it gets easier to talk about percentage of occurrence of life. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Sure, why not. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Actually these are all theories that no one really knows what would happen to solid matter at the speed of light. Warping of Space time seems to be the way to go. It is just as much of a pipe dream as Lightspeed travel, but exponentially faster than the speed of light (in time it takes to travel distances) If such a thing as warping space-time is possible. (always liked how Heisenberg sort of says faster than light travel is impossible, then Star Trek explains that all ships have Heisenberg compensators) I don't even know if Stephen Hawking even has the slightest idea what would happen at the speed of light to people. Reply • Back to Top |
| who gives a shit? lets bomb those aliens proud to be an american baby Reply • Back to Top |
quote: quote: E=mc^2 Reply • Back to Top |
I thought this story sounded familiar. Where has England been the last couple months?  Feb 3rd Reply • Back to Top |
quote: No, you're correct - time dilation and mass increase would definitely apply. Time dilation ETA: To the nonphysicists out there, these are experimentally confirmed phenomena, not mere "theory". One of my favorite experiments involves measuring the half lives of atoms fired in a particle accelerator. The half lives changed by exactly the amount predicted, as though their internal "clocks" had slowed down by that amount. This post was edited on 4/28 at 7:13 am Reply • Back to Top |
quote: What he's driving at is maybe another race can survive in sub zero temperatures or an atmosphere filled with hydrogen, etc. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: If we figure out the whole travel at the speed of light thing, surely our way of communication would evolve, wouldn't it? Reply • Back to Top |
| FWIW, if the ship traveled at the speed of light we would see that it took 22 years to get there. Well really it would be 44 since we would have to wait for the light to travel back. However, if you were on the ship it would only take you roughly 1.54 days to get there. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Oh, you wouldn't be coming back. You wouldn't want to see your friends aged that much and the world changed that much. Reply • Back to Top |
| No, not the ship coming back, the light from the planet reaching here. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Thats because its incorrect 22 years inside a ship traveling at light speed is still 22 years, its probably several millenia to those observing because time dilation is relative to the observer not the participant. think of it this way...Gps satellites internal clocks are programmed to tick slightly faster than earthbound clocks because of the time dilation we experience with respect to the speed at which they travel. Your calculated coordinates would be off from the true observing point. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: where do you guys get your education....22 light years is 22 years @ the speed of light or the distance a photon of light travels in the length of time equal to 22 years. out of what arse did you pull 1.54 days. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I don't think anyone is saying that, but we known for damn sure that if we find a planet that has a similar environment, there is a high chance that it can support life. Reply • Back to Top |
| The time difference goes the other way. Research it then come talk to me. Reply • Back to Top |
| The clocks are forced to tick faster because time itself slows down for them. You made my point for me but are misunderstanding what you said. Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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