Dusty Disc May Mean Other Earths 289
DoraLives writes "According to the BBC, astronomers say they have evidence for Earth-like planets orbiting a nearby star. The star in question is Vega, which is nice and close (as stars go), quite young (also as stars go), and one of the brightest stars in the sky. Apparently, 'Vega has a disc of dust circling it, and at least one large planet which could sweep debris aside allowing smaller worlds like Earth to exist.' Should be interesting to keep an eye on it as the years roll by as the disk rotates and our optical powers keep growing."
three-two-one---contact (Score:5, Funny)
Soon... (Score:5, Funny)
Then the arms race starts.
Someone Get Jodie Foster on This ASAP! (Score:4, Funny)
So... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm off to eat some meat.
Dune... Arrakis... Desert Planet (Score:3, Funny)
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:5, Funny)
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:3, Funny)
no, actually, they'd be looking at us in 1978 and saying "dude, check out the shitty clothes."
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:2, Funny)
Well, I for one... (Score:0, Funny)
Contact Smontact! I have my space suit, will trave (Score:4, Funny)
YOU CALL YOURSELVES GEEKS! DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY!
Vega, as ALL REAL GEEKS know, was the home of Mother Thing of Robert Heinlein's "Have Space Suit, Will Travel".
And if they are watching Earth circa 1978, we'd better be damn thankful they don't rotate us 90 degrees just on general principles!
Vega (Score:3, Funny)
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:4, Funny)
So...not unlike my ex-girlfriend, then.
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:4, Funny)
Nar aliens have tachyon telescopes. They can see us in real time. They're watching us sitting around Slashdot and going "nope, no life."
Re:too bad we're looking in the past (Score:5, Funny)
Second, Vega is only 25 lightyears away, meaning that the horrid bug-eyed Vegans are peering through their observoscopes and lusting after Farrah Fawcett.
Re:Probably not "finished" terrestrial planets yet (Score:4, Funny)
Hm, given that Vega is 2.3935E14 km away and that Voyager I is travelling at 62500 km/h, a probe sent there will be travelling for about 437169 years. So maybe, by the time it gets there the planet will be ready :-)
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:2, Funny)
No they wouldn't, they'd be looking at Jane Fondas tits!
Re:Soon... (Score:5, Funny)
"i just hope no one gives them aids :)"
Don't worry. James T. Kirk was a fictional character.
Re:Dune... Arrakis... Desert Planet (Score:5, Funny)
"the mods probably don't remember that Dune was a satellite of Vega"
Slashdot Rule 1: Don't assume that the mods remember anything
No, Rule number one is we don't talk about moderation club outside of moderation club
This probably means... (Score:1, Funny)
Get yer terminology right (Score:4, Funny)
who knows (Score:2, Funny)
Re:too bad we're looking in the past (Score:5, Funny)
=Smidge=
Re:Another thing to consider: (Score:4, Funny)
Well, if they've been around longer than us and are more technologically advanced than us... odds are we're going to be infringing on some of their IP. Just ask Jack Valenti whether that's worth going to war over.
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:3, Funny)
You sir, truly live up to your name.
Re:woah...Carl Sagan was right!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Hear me, Vega? The clock is ticking.
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:1, Funny)
Remember, we're talking Vegans here...
Their only interest in us is in how to get the meat eaters to stop, and whether we know of any way to make tofu actually palatable...
Posted anonymously as I'm already on the run from the Food Police.
Re:to bad we're looking in the past (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What do you call someone from Vega? (Score:2, Funny)
Vegans (pronounced 'vay-gan') love nothing more than the mouthwatering taste of human flesh.