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Astronomers estimate that there are around 1 trillion planets in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Mar 20, 2022 5:35 PM
BeniDune
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Astronomers estimate that there are around 1 trillion planets in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
ImperialAceX
But are any of those planets the 'special' distance from it's star to support life?
QuartzBlue
It looks like a pokeball.
JediJitsu
Do they have updog?
ElbowDeepInUserSub
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TYC_8998-760-1
PTNLemay
And based on that we can get the date. Jule of 2020. Thank you
CraftyGiant
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2011b/
stronomer
Ah, observed by the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile.
BeerFueledAdventurer
Enhanced:
LucidPariah
I can still hear his theme song
SkaNinja
Looks like Unicron to me
Sillyhammer
No. That's the eye of Sauron
Sillyhammer
/a/q70LyHO
whitefoxkei
Remina....
xmaneds
Dibs !
CheeseborgarSoop
There's no laws on dibbing a solar system. You can just fucking take as many as you want. What are they going to do? Take it away?
WhereismyMrKnightley
On the entire system or just 1 planet?
xmaneds
I think it's only reasonable to share the solar system. I will constrain myself to being president of only one of those planets
WhereismyMrKnightley
President. Hm. I can almost see that headline: "The first human president elected by aliens. You won't believe what happens next.."
MetroidPrime
Looks like mother brain staring down the corridor in the dark
MissySassy
Why would you put solar system in quotes?
jenzhere99
Sillyhammer
/a/q70LyHO
Cranbananarama
Look at'em...all smug. I vote we blow them up!
Yupurineutah
Slow down, Putin.
TyrannusEquus
Where are the lizard people? I wish to join.
nikkococo1998
The planets are BIG, one is 14 times Jupiter at 5 times the Neptune-Sun distance
InfernalTarnation
Yeah, pretty sure that’s Unicron.
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
They better have fire ice. I’m tired of making graphene the hard way.
fredhoffman1968
wow ...u-haul
68mano
I wonder what kind of beer is out there.
Shapster
Now who are those mf’rs
giddyupmusic
Wow! Very cool.
fosul
You're not fooling me, I know The Iris when I see it!
Johnnyhred
You lie. That is Sauron awakening from his slumber.
Ghode
Just a short 310 light-years away ?
xyxyxyxy31
MeisterKleister
There's a bunch of stars within ~10 lightyears. Idk about their planets tho. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_bright_stars
OrigamiPigeon
As there are much closer stars, why have we not been able to do this with something closer (which I would assume would be easier?)
YayItsMillerTime
That's at least 350 Salesforce Buildings away
Nalianna
so, at least 3500 washing machines?
Immycatsdad
Only 34 years at warp factor 9
Surullian
95 parsecs.
PutItInNeutral
Amatuers.
HomelingRazor
bet I could do it in 80
Surullian
Could you do it traveling slow enough to not swiss cheese your ship being pelted by rocks, but get it done in less than one lifetime?
alternator43
I could... if I could also find where I left my infinite improbability engine.
HomelingRazor
well I bet I could do it without being eaten by a gravity well monster thing.
Surullian
I bet I could go to the grocery store without being eaten by a grue.
DavidBrooker
That is both so incredibly close by astronomy standards and so incredibly far by human standards that I don't know which you mean.
TCGView
In astronomical terms, that's a breath away.
NotACanadian
First direct image of a Sun-like star's system. The first direct image of *any* star system was in 2008.
trennerson
Compared to them we are booking it.
JacobKreutzfeldt
Is that a star in the middle? What makes it unlike a sun?
OldSchoolNewRules
Probably the pointy bits.
NotACanadian
The star in the gif is HR 8799, a bright MS star somewhere between A and F but also belongs to 3 other unique categories.
NotACanadian
Yes, it's being obscured so planets can be visible without its glare. G stars on the main sequence = sunlike
DeKetsendeRechter
But what makes a system "Sun-like"? I think that's the question asked based on your previous comment.
AstroExplained
The Sun (singular) is a G-type star. So, a "Sun-like" system would be a planetary system with a main-sequence G star.
AstroExplained
The type and evolutionary stage of the star(s) do a lot to determine the characteristics of the planets, their formation, atmospheres, etc
BeerFueledAdventurer
I think when people say "Sun-like" they mean it's a star with properties (ie. size, luminosity, etc) similar to *our star aka the Sun/Sol
williamoftheoak
Was gonna comment that one.
RobErtE87
yeah but do they have cat girls?
dumbdumbdirtybum
They better!
JapaneseGeneticists
They'd better not, what would happen to our patents? Would have to clear out the entirely of our lower floors.
unluckyandbored
If they don't, I'm not going.
Hashbrown123
Amazonian cat girls. https://imgur.com/oaNBonf.jpg
KoRplussomeletters
Love me a Ctarl-Ctarl.
kawraith
Aisha Clan-Clan of the immortal ctarl ctarl empire. Such a Boss. Outlaw Star.
Hashbrown123
Outlaw Star was my first anime.
Mueik
munkis
I read that as "cat gifs" and just nodded, "probably"
GravityVT
Illithidbane
Only in the Magistracy of Canopus.
IOnlyCommentOnceAMonth
Asking the real questions
q2grapple
IlluminaBlade
Statistically....
sh3nhu
Only one way to find out
voodoogod
Reddit's BlueFishcake likes to think so
HandoB4Javert
NotTinyPancakes
The worst possible way to adapt cats
The3rdwheel
the universe has infinite possibilities . so maybe?
tryyshokk
You are thinking alternate realities.
H0rndog
JackHL01
infinite pussybilities! (how could you miss that?)
Ithinkiloveher93
If its infinite then yes.
WhatzitTooya
Another good reason to put our money into space exploration.
mohavewolfpup
Leonon
DaDudeAbides
Lol
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Leonon
Chief Medical Officer T'Ana from "Star Trek:Lower Decks"
YouWonTheGam3
Wut
Leonon
Chief Medical Officer T'Ana from "Star Trek:Lower Decks"
SithElephant
YouWonTheGam3
C141Clay
CraftyGiant
*star system (Sol is OUR sun specifically)
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NotAHugeSpider
@CraftyGiant 's not being pedantic; is being technically correct.
magphoenix
Don't be obtuse
Zeplin
Praise Sol
FromTheBeyond
Sol good man
CraftyGiant
scryguy6
yoursistersuvula
So, our-ar system??
judgefreak
Sol-ar = Belonging to Sol. Solar System = System belonging to Sol
oyeahtoys7
There is only one Solar System. Many Solar type systems. Many Sol type stars. Many Earth type planets. One Earth.
jinalu
senefen
I assume that's why OP put "solar system" in quotation marks.
PartaVictoriisPax
What would we call solar panels used on those planets? This is getting awkward.
CraftyGiant
Photovoltaic or PV panels.
PartaVictoriisPax
Some exoplanets (most by the sound of it) would be great with thermal solar too heh!
Iowyn
Star panels. Funny, of course they're still solar panels on the other planets in our system, my first thought was, how about on Mars.
Grumpywitch
NotACanadian
If you made pottery from Martian clay, would it still be earthenware? What about earthworks? Can you earthbend on Mars?
Iowyn
I mean, obviously it'd be marsware. I don't know with all this, I'll let other people decide on these things and deal with their choices.
MillenniumFalcon
amb1021
I did not know that. Thanks!
BlueTyphoon
along with the planet (arguably) being called Terra as opposed to "Earth", and Luna as opposed to "Moon". don't quote me on that.
BlueTyphoon
some quick googling hasn't given me concrete answers, but alot of scifi and real papers apparently do point to that being the case--
BlueTyphoon
that when speaking on cosmic scales, or when other species may be involved. our world could be referred to as Terra. Maybe.
forsteri80
No. The IAU defines the formal names as Sun, Earth Moon. Capital letters important.
CraftyGiant
You know Sun is just English for Sol right? Science uses Latin, which is Sol. Hence Solar system.
forsteri80
Astronomers do not refer to the Sun as Sol. It's pretty much exclusively used that way in science fiction because people think it sounds 1)
forsteri80
Sol is not the formal name for our star. Its official name is the Sun. Per the IAU
CraftyGiant
ok now what's the word for Sun is scientific Latin... you get one guess.
forsteri80
That would be great if we were speaking Latin. The accepted English language proper name is the Sun.
forsteri80
https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/ sorry dude, you're clearly wrong.
CraftyGiant
Solar system. SOL ar system..
MineRover
Thank you!
tanman729
1 trillion planets for each of the billion galaxies we can detect and some fools still believe life can only happen here
ShellPhish
The question is not if but when. Consider the blip in time intelligent life has existed on earth compared to its age. 12B years is massive
inmediasrays
But… if the universe is infinite in time as well as space there’s no reason to suspect that sentient life exists at the same time we have
austinite42
Entropy makes it more difficult to happen again.
inmediasrays
Or it could turn out that the speed of light IS a hard limit in terms of velocity, so intergalactic travel is impossible
inmediasrays
Or what if other sentient life uses an entirely different molecular structure (silicone instead of carbon), so we wouldn’t recognize it
inmediasrays
Even if none of these things are true, I still don’t buy that the only biological science interstellar aliens know is proctology.
HoneyBadgersAreBadAsses
Astronomers estimate we have about 100 billion galaxies each with 100 billion stars.
Nexus297
That's a good, easy to remember, ballpark estimate.
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
Sorry, but that's a fallacy. What if the chance that life happens on a planet is one to 1 trillion multiplied by 'billions galaxies'? 1/..
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
Or less? Without knowing that chance, the absolute number of planets doesn't really mean anything. We don't know that chance. It's 2/..
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
not a matter of belief, it's a matter of data and we don't have that data. According to all the evidence we've gathered so far, the 3/..
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
only planet we know has/had life is Earth. Saying that many planets means there must be life elsewhere is a groundless 4/..
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
belief (just as believing we are the only ones).
SonderingStrike
Life isn't guaranteed, but 100% of the planets we know can support life as we know it does so, and that bolsters my spirits some.
iLynux
It likely is astronomically rare. Pun accidental.
JollyJokzr
You see, God created a universe where life is impossible, so when he created life, it was a miracle!
WHEREISMYTROPHY
Eww.
austinite42
The oft-stated evidence for/against aliens is one of incredulity: "It couldn't exist again!" vs. "It must exist somewhere else".
LightStriker
1 trillion is a very low estimate for a 400 billion stars galaxy in my opinion.
CheetoDustedMalcontent
If the Universe can do something once it's much more likely to be able to do it again rather then it being a unique event.
OmegaZen
Someone needs to take a stats class
YouCannotBlockMyStyle
I'll believe it when there is evidence that it is there.
Kaleopolitus
It doesn't even matter. Even if there isn't, we'll MAKE IT by virtue of us spreading to other systems. We will become the aliens to us.
psmith00
likely already happened. :-)
Kaleopolitus
What I meant? No, definitely has not. I'm talking about evolution over millions of years with no intermingling between groups.
ConvoluteNZ
It is possible we are aliens that have evolved drastically from our ancestors in isolation on earth after making it here...
misterCT
You give us wayyyy to much credit
Sage042000
Don't wanna hear no gobbledygook. Just gimme my space wizard powers and hot blue chicks. The mass effect ones, not the star wars/treck ones
NotTinyPancakes
Sure you can have a bunch of Ardat Yakshis, you wanted asari right?
Sage042000
Oh noooooo
EmotionallyCrippled
Definition life is very important in this kind of topic.
imakebuns
True, but still!! Exciting to think with trillions of billions of planets that even with .00001 % chance. Gotta be aliens somewhere!!
EmotionallyCrippled
Yes, but maybe it’s just alien plancton
imakebuns
Maybe but give it a billions years and maybe
TransAtheistMinister
Not all of us, some of us imagine it's possible for intelligent life to exist but they've never visited us here on earth. Because logic.
Trelis
"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Arthur C. Clarke
Lynkfox
I am a firm believer that we've been isolated by galactic civilization because of our warmongering ways
WeylandYutaniCorp
I believe there is a far worse terror in the universe and we're not smart enough to keep quiet until it passes.
Urktheturtle
Or you know, the same reason the federation isolates every single civilization in Star Trek... just to not fuck them up.
Mavgurian
I could use some good fucking up?! Just pick me up, leave a subspace beacon connected to Steam and put me somewhere else!!
Urktheturtle
im sure they routinely abduct humans and integrate them into galactic society, and even have a few colonies set up, to preserve the species.
iDrawStuff
I am firm believer that we've been isolated by distance; both in time and space.
opportunitywaster
What if we're among the first ones, and we'll get to become such as e.g. the Forerunners in Halo (provided we survive long enough).
WHEREISMYTROPHY
Or the last ones and we are like worms to the others in space.
TotaltyNotCIA
the universe is way too young for us to be the last
TrapperQ
Let's build a lot of weird shit and keep them guessing then.
Mavgurian
Dude, have you seen the kind of art that gets added to public buildings etc. these days?
OaksParcel
Us not being alone in the universe isn't remotely terrifying to me at all. Earth being the only place with life is extremely distressing.
djfatstyles
Statistically, it's impossible for the rest of the universe is empty. We are alone but so is everything else.
Dalebert07
Maybe you mean improbable? It's very much a possibility, but it's HIGHLY improbable that we're alone in this universe.
djfatstyles
No, I meant impossible. By the numbers alone, an estimated 700 quintillion+ in the universe, it's impossible for this to be the only planet
djfatstyles
To have not one, not two but 8.7 million different species on it.
kaarbaakimgr
I don’t think impossible means what you think it means
Muffyns
What if were at the end of a life cycle and all the planets were like earth but they got vaporized by something
djfatstyles
*we're
xBoneDaddy
What if, maaan?