Studies Say Earth Won't Die As Soon As Thought 155
sciencehabit writes "Take a deep breath—Earth is not going to die as soon as scientists believed. Two new modeling studies find that the gradually brightening sun won't vaporize our planet's water for at least another 1 billion to 1.5 billion years—hundreds of millions of years later than a slightly older model had forecast. The findings won't change your retirement plans but could imply that habitable, Earth-like alien worlds are more common than scientists thought."
Damn. (Score:5, Funny)
That's a relief! (Score:5, Funny)
The older prediction had me worried.
Challenge accepted! (Score:4, Funny)
Challenge accepted, bitches!
terrible news (Score:5, Funny)
This is going to wreak havok with the GNU/Hurd development schedule.
Climate change (Score:2, Funny)
This is the sort of thing that gives ammunition to climate change deniers.
How can congress formulate national policies to deal with impending issues like this when the timeframes keep changing?
At least now they won't have to rush things. Another 100 million years or so of inaction shouldn't make much difference.
Re:That's a relief! (Score:3, Funny)
Scene: a lecture theatre.
Lecturer: .... and in 1 billion to 1.5 billion years the sun will vaporise all the oceans...
Student: What!
Lecturer: I said that in around 1 billion to 1.5 billion years...
Student: Oh! That's a relief, I thought you said Million!
Re:Damn... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:terrible news (Score:3, Funny)
And the Perl 6 final release schedule :-)