Gliese 581d Confirmed as 'Habitable' Exoplanet 451
An anonymous reader writes "A rocky world orbiting a nearby star was confirmed (PDF) as the first planet outside our Solar System to meet key requirements for sustaining life." The "key requirement" was actually a Starbucks — astronomers were pretty surprised to find out that they like their coffee burnt on Gliese 581d too.
We've sent them a message already... (Score:5, Funny)
From TFA:
However, humanity has already tried to make contact with the new planet. During Australia's National Science Week in August 2009, Cosmos magazine partnered with the Australian government, NASA and the CSIRO to run a 13-day campaign to collect goodwill messages from the public to be sent to Gliese 581d.
The initiative, known as Hello From Earth, collected 26,000 messages, which were transmitted by NASA's Tidbinbilla facility. The signal is not due to arrive until January 2030.
At which time it will be returned because we failed to include sufficient postage.
indeed (Score:5, Funny)
Since it's within the Goldilocks zone, I'm guessing that the Starbucks serves oatmeal not too hot, and not too cold.
first post (Score:3, Funny)
Re:We've sent them a message already... (Score:5, Funny)
"Hello from Earth?" They should have called it "Hello World!"
oh i can perceive them (Score:2, Funny)
if you put a blueberry in a pile of shit i think it would change the flavor subtly, but it will still taste like shit
likewise, i have no doubt that bean type, soil, growing conditions, etc., changes the taste of the coffee bean... something that tastes bitter, and always tasted bitter, and always will taste bitter, as the overarching flavor, no matter what the subtleties
what i am saying is that it does not matter the subtleties when the overarching flavor always dominates. and since with coffee the overarching flavor is hot and bitter, that condemns all flavors of coffee, no matter what the slight modifications that fills your mind with supposed merit that is essentially meaningless, since you are willfully ignoring the dominant flavor for psychological and addictive reasons
Re:We've sent them a message already... (Score:2, Funny)
More likely, you'll be dinner. Unfortunately for you nerds, dry aging in a cool dark cellar and marinated in mountain dew and cheetos is a popular way to prepare their meat on Gliese 581d.
Re:We've sent them a message already... (Score:5, Funny)
BLESSED GREETINGS
I AM KANU YAKUBU FROM THE PLANET GLIESE 581D. I AM CROWN PRINCE AND BENEFACTOR OF AN OIL COMPANY WORTH 4,100,000,000,000 (FOUR POINT ONE TRILLION) BITCOINS, WHICH I... etc.
Re:We've sent them a message already... (Score:4, Funny)
That's why I work at a cheetos factory. You don't eat the chef!
Re:We've sent them a message already... (Score:4, Funny)
"Seems kind of rude to just start shouting at them."
Not really, the scientists that though of it were from New Jersey.
Missionary (Score:3, Funny)