John Desmarais Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 I'm sure many of you have already read about the recent discovery that Gliese 581g appears to be suitable to support life as we know it. But, who remembers this little tidbit: On December 2008, Ragbir Bhathal found a strong, regular, repeating signal emendating from - you guessed it - Gliese. Yes, I know - probably nothing to see here at all; but as a jumping point for many Star Hero plots it could be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Re: An Earth-like planet, plus a little something extra This hasn't appeared in the technical literature yet, so I can't find anything more about it than what's in that blog post you link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Re: An Earth-like planet, plus a little something extra While this article is an awesome bit of news, I don't see where it says that the signal he found came from Gliese 581, or even the Libra constellation in general. That star system is discussed, but in a separate context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Re: An Earth-like planet, plus a little something extra I'm sure many of you have already read about the recent discovery that Gliese 581g appears to be suitable to support life as we know it. But, who remembers this little tidbit: On December 2008, Ragbir Bhathal found a strong, regular, repeating signal emendating from - you guessed it - Gliese. Yes, I know - probably nothing to see here at all; but as a jumping point for many Star Hero plots it could be fun. The article you mention doesn't say he's picked up a signal from Gliese 581. It says he picked up some kind of possible signal, and then, unrelatedly mentions that they were considering sending a bunch of messages to "Gliese" (Meaning 581 since it is in fact 20 light years away). This latest announcement of a planet orbiting Gliese 581 is only the latest one. The planet he was talking about was Gliese 581 C, a larger and colder planet than the latest supposed discovery is supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Re: An Earth-like planet, plus a little something extra I'm sure many of you have already read about the recent discovery that Gliese 581g appears to be suitable to support life as we know it. But, who remembers this little tidbit: On December 2008, Ragbir Bhathal found a strong, regular, repeating signal emendating from - you guessed it - Gliese. Yes, I know - probably nothing to see here at all; but as a jumping point for many Star Hero plots it could be fun. Idea stolen...and repped. -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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