A planet able to support life like ours has been found?

Question

just wondering what people think of this

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-450467/Found-20-light-years-away-New-Earth.html

In Britain theres been hundards of sighting in the last few months which is getting a bit weird. What do people think of this article could this be the planet there coming from?

Answer 1

No. Aliens have not visited earth, and probably never will. You see, according to this article, which is quite interesting, this exo-planet is 20 light years away.

First of all, we know less than a handful about this planet. Its not like we can see if it has oceans or land, or if it has oxygen and a thick atmosphere, we can only estimate.

So if this planet does have water, and it does have oxygen, and it does have land, and plentiful amounts of food, it still doesn’t mean it houses intelligent life. Just because a planet has life, doesn’t mean it has intelligent life.

And if it does have semi-intelligent life, it would first of all have to create a space ship that could travel at light speed, then find earth out of the billions of other nearby planets it could fly to, and then it would have to stay in a space ship for 20 years.

Life is rare, and intelligent life is even more rare. Light speed is nearly impossible to achieve. We can’t obtain it in a particle accelerator, much less a space ship at this point. So what are the chances of the following.

Life exists on this planet-------- > intelligent life exists----------- > this intelligent life has created spaceships --------- > these space ships can travel at light speed ----------- > out of the tons of planets they can go to, they choose to come to earth for some reason ------------- > they decide to sit around for 20 years inside a space ship to get to earth for some unknown reason ------------ > they come to earth and people in Britain see them

I don’t think so.

Answer 2

"In Britain theres been hundards of sighting in the last few months which is getting a bit weird".

Hi, no, not really It's always been that way.. See everytime there’s media attention on a particular project (eg. The phoenix lander / new mars HD photos), there’s a direct increase in u.f.o reports. Those common stereotypical scenarios began just as we started to venture into space for the first time (although others will insist that gods depicted on temple walls are aliens). Even the term 'flying saucer' was a misquote and the public still see them. With ref to the daily mail report & that goldilocks world, I think it’s tabloid stuff, pretty optimistic and at our current stage of technological evolution, really doesn’t make a heap of difference. It’s too far away for us to reach and probably for anything to reach us.

Answer 3

that is awesome, but i reckon theres heaps of planetrs like that. ALIENS ARE REAL

Answer 4

if it is an earth-like planet it would mean that it has living complex organisms like us on it and i don't think they would like it that we go there.