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NASA Kepler Telescope Discovers 715 New Planets

posted by mattie_p on Thursday February 27 2014, @10:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-bet-that's-all-of-them-now dept.

kef writes:

"NASA's Kepler mission has doubled the number of known planets outside of our solar system. In what can only be described as a "bonanza", 715 new planets have been reported thanks to the Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting mission. Using a new method for verifying potential planets led to the volume of new discoveries from Kepler, which aims to help humans search for other worlds that may be like Earth."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by CowboyTeal on Friday February 28 2014, @12:20AM

    by CowboyTeal (15) on Friday February 28 2014, @12:20AM (#8262)

    I think that we're only about 500 years away from a feasible deadline for light-speed travel (if not faster). But if we can manage to do this before then, that would be nuts. In the Star Ocean series it happened around 2073 or so. So instead of aiming for 500 years down the road, let's make it happen tomorrow ;)

    Speaking of which, "warp drive" is being researched by NASA as we speak. As it turns out it's actually feasible to do so and we may have the technology to develop such a system. Who knows? Maybe warp drive engines will be made a reality in just 20 or so years for the first prototype. But at the end of the day, sending probes across the galaxy first is probably going to be ideal, at least until we can figure out a shielding mechanism.

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    Getting siggy with it.