20 Mar '08 03:17 20 Mar '08 06:561 editOriginally posted by serigadoThe video explains the concept of spectrography for you. The links I provided were provided for a reason. They looked at a specific planet because its orbit brings it between us and its sun allowing spectrographic analysis of its atmosphere to be conducted, true, if this were not the case, it would ordinarily be very difficult if not impossible to have done this, but the video posted specifically addresses this question. The links provide all the necessary info.
Most likely it's a bold statement based on some very questionable techniques with very doubtful or questionable data.
It's very, very hard to detect planets, and now they're saying there's organic matter there?
I don't doubt the possibility of existence of organic matter or even life in outerspace. But such statements must be confirmed by independent s ...[text shortened]... today, so I'm skeptic when some astronomer has claimed to have discovered gunpowder again.
20 Mar '08 06:58Originally posted by FabianFnasNo, the planets orbit is 10% that of mercury's and surface temperatures are measured in the hundreds of degrees celsius. The process is very unlikely to be biological in nature. The links provided give more details on temperatures and liklihood of life etc.
Interesting!
I knew that there are organic molecules in interstellar clouds. Orion nebula is very rich in molecules of all kinds. But now in exo-planets? I say very interesting.
Does the presence of organic molecules suggest life?
20 Mar '08 15:01Originally posted by agrysonI think the idea is they know it's not likely to be from life but they now have the means to separate out organics hidden in the spectodata. Now they can concentrate more on real planets not fireballs. The other thing is, that planet is huge and it will take some new techniques to refine this test down to terrestrial analogues.
No, the planets orbit is 10% that of mercury's and surface temperatures are measured in the hundreds of degrees celsius. The process is very unlikely to be biological in nature. The links provided give more details on temperatures and liklihood of life etc.
20 Mar '08 15:09Originally posted by agrysoninteresting... i'll look into it with more detail when i have the time. I only read one article, which didn't convince me at first.
The video explains the concept of spectrography for you. The links I provided were provided for a reason. They looked at a specific planet because its orbit brings it between us and its sun allowing spectrographic analysis of its atmosphere to be conducted, true, if this were not the case, it would ordinarily be very difficult if not impossible to have done ...[text shortened]... t article will go live once it's published and you can have a closer look at their methodology.
21 Mar '08 06:221 editOriginally posted by agrysonInteresting post. Did you notice when you watched the video that they said they didn't think the methane was from 'decomposing bodies'?
For the first time, organic molecules have been confirmed (along with water vapour) on another planet...
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13303
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ReD36TtoTRo
discuss...
26 Mar '08 21:45Originally posted by serigadothey dont want you to know about life on other planets, especially the aliens who live amongst us! they dont want you to know who they are because they think they are superior. they have direct contact their celeltrial counterparts, so they dont care about nasa/nsa. they dont want the govt snooping around them and following them around.
Most likely it's a bold statement based on some very questionable techniques with very doubtful or questionable data.
It's very, very hard to detect planets, and now they're saying there's organic matter there?
I don't doubt the possibility of existence of organic matter or even life in outerspace. But such statements must be confirmed by independent s ...[text shortened]... today, so I'm skeptic when some astronomer has claimed to have discovered gunpowder again.
27 Mar '08 03:14Originally posted by agrysonThread 88348
For the first time, organic molecules have been confirmed (along with water vapour) on another planet...
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13303
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ReD36TtoTRo
discuss...
27 Mar '08 10:01Originally posted by agrysonYou should have qualified that with "outside our solar system". There are other planets in our solar system with methane and that has been known for a long time.
For the first time, organic molecules have been confirmed (along with water vapour) on another planet...
27 Mar '08 10:04Originally posted by dragonstarr369Who are 'they'?
they control us by controlling the information we receive. all this stuff in science magazines is baby talk compared to the real information they have. theyre superior, so they completely ignore us. we arent mentally capable of understanding matters of complex reality as they.
Organic molecules found on another planet
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