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NASA discovers first planet outside Milky Way
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:25 pm
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(CNN) Scientists may have detected signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way, in what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.
The possible exoplanet was discovered in the Whirlpool Galaxy -- the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51) -- by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA said in a press release on Monday.
An exoplanet is a planet outside of our solar system that normally orbits a star other than our own sun in our galaxy. Until now, all other exoplanets have been found in the Milky Way, and most of them have been found less than 3,000 light-years from Earth.
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I honestly had no idea we haven’t observed one before
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Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Actually astounding how far away that is, makes you feel small
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The more we know, the crazier we’ll all become. Taking several bites into the fruit of knowledge
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:27 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I prefer Uranus during a full moon.
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:27 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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28 million light-years away
Kinda hard to get there anytime soon.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:28 pm to GeauxHouston
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Actually astounding how far away that is, makes you feel small
It’s so far away that it might not even still exist.
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:28 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
This is really cool.
How long would it take to get to Uranus?
How long would it take to get to Uranus?
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:29 pm to fr33manator
quote:“This is a local forum. We’ll have no trouble here!”
I prefer Uranus during a full moon.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:32 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
How'd we go from less than 3,000 light years to almost 28 million light years away? Did we not find anything else in the 27,997,000 light years in between?
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:32 pm to sta4ever
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The more we know, the crazier we’ll all become. Taking several bites into the fruit of knowledge
Narcissists will have a hard time coping.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:33 pm to GeauxHouston
quote:and a look into 28 million years into the past
Actually astounding how far away that is,
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:35 pm to WestCoastAg
I wonder what they call their message board?
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:35 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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The possible exoplanet
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:36 pm to lsufb1912
Outer space is matter clumped together separated by vast emptiness.
This post was edited on 10/26/21 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:37 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
No they didn’t
The same reason all these flight into the stratosphere are only at 60ish miles
They can not get through the firmament at 73 miles
The same reason all these flight into the stratosphere are only at 60ish miles
They can not get through the firmament at 73 miles
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:37 pm to GeauxHouston
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Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:37 pm to lsufb1912
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How'd we go from less than 3,000 light years to almost 28 million light years away? Did we not find anything else in the 27,997,000 light years in between?
Perhaps looking through our own galaxy puts a lot of objects between us and other stars with planets that interfere with that search. If we look away from the plane of our galaxy, there’s a whole lot of empty space that doesn’t so interfere but we have to look a lot farther away.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:46 pm to Fat and Happy
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No they didn’t
The same reason all these flight into the stratosphere are only at 60ish miles
They can not get through the firmament at 73 miles
um, what
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I don’t think anything is actually that far away. I think it’s like drawing a dot at the top of a piece of paper and a dot at the bottom. That’s what we see or perceive as the distance. Now fold that piece of paper back and forth on itself until it’s really small. Dots are so much closer now. I think that’s really how close two points are…..if we can just figure out how to get there from here.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 2:53 pm to Philzilla2k
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It’s so far away that it might not even still exist.
At any moment in time there's no guarantee that the sun still exists.
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