NASA Is Set to Announce a Breaking Discovery From Beyond Our Solar System - Press Conf tomorrow

[Native]

NASA will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, February 22nd to present new findings on exoplanets, and the public will be able to ask questions via twitter.

Many are curious what this press conference will entail. Has evidence been uncovered of life beyond our planet?

Participants of the briefing include Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, Michael Gillon, astronomer at the University of Liege in Belgium, Sean Carey, manager of NASA’s Spitzer Science Center at Caltech/IPAC, Nikole Lewis, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, and Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

During the conference, NASA will be taking questions from the public and the media on twitter through the hashtag #askNASA. At 3 p.m. EST, following the briefing, NASA will host a Reddit AMA(Ask Me Anything) session with the scientists available to answer questions in English and Spanish.

The event can be streamed live on NASA TV at the time of the conference.

https://futurism.com/nasa-to-host-conference-on-discovery-beyond-our-solar-system/

[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!! n/t

[Native]

2. I'm so excited!

[randome]

3. Decoded signals: "Please remove the trump from your vicinity so we may stop by for a visit."

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

[lagomorph777]

4. I'm worried that Trump will discover we have a space program.

And will be shocked to see "fake" photos of a round Earth.

[gvstn]

11. Haha! I laughed at this. Clever.

[Botany]

5. UFOs will now skip earth because of Trump

[Motown_Johnny]

20. .

[C_U_L8R]

6. A stunning discovery

Trump's brain is made of green cheese.

[rateyes]

8. Nope.

Green shit!

[flamingdem]

7. They found Spock's brain?

??

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Or Sarek's katra.

[SledDriver]

9. Most likely

there's evidence of a new planet in the solar system

[csziggy]

17. The press conference is "to present new findings on exoplanets"

Exoplanet = outside of the solar system.

Maybe they will announce evidence that there is confirmation of life on one or more exoplanets?

[Marthe48]

25. Scientists have been looking for a massive planet out past Pluto

at the edge of our solar system. It's been in the news more lately. Maybe they found it.

[csziggy]

38. Exoplanets by definition are NOT part of our solar system

Since the intention of this press conference is stated to be about EXOPLANETS, they are not talking about a "massive planet out past Pluto."

[samnsara]

10. trump will call it...

...fake news or another way 'the Hillary people' are trying to steal the air time...OR he will try to take credit for it!

But seriously I cant wait!!

[grantcart]

28. take credit for it and then have someone try to explain it to him

[pinboy3niner]

12. They found HAL 9000?

[msanthrope]

58. I canassure younow, very confidently , that it's going to be all right again. nt

[pressbox69]

13. If they found a new world

it may be time to pack my bags.

[MineralMan]

14. It's a HUGE monolith, floating in space, beyond

the orbit of Neptune. Yeah, that's it...and "It's full of stars!"

[ismnotwasm]

16. Cool

I love this stuff

[BumRushDaShow]

18. V'ger

[woundedkarma]

19. don't remember

I don't remember the last time Nasa had a big press conference where it announced anything that wasn't merely "oh.. interesting."

Life on another planet? Come on guys... they probably found the shimmering of possible ice on a planet several light years away and isn't that cool? Frozen water! and 5 years later they'll say oops we thought is was frozen water but it turned out to be a cloud.

Meh.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

42. A cloud could indicate liquid water, though. Nt

[dembotoz]

21. the better tell us quick before pense decides its not biblical so i can not be reported

[Motown_Johnny]

22. Earth sized planet in "Goldilocks Zone"? Or SETI actually found something.

Odds are they found Earth-like planet or planets.

[csziggy]

39. That's my guess - and since they can now discerne the atmosphere

They may have found planets with an Earth-like atmosphere.

Because our current atmosphere is a result of life, a planet with a similar atmosphere would be definition have life on it.

[Motown_Johnny]

40. Good point.

An atmosphere with something like 20% oxygen would be worth a major announcement.

[NurseJackie]

23. Extinction Level Asteroid Impact Immenent ... Film at Eleven.

[hunter]

45. Oh well.

[tparrett62]

61. Patton Oswalt!

Totally forgot he was in this movie! I watched it a few times a while back, and always forget he's in there. Thanks for posting!

[Liberal In Texas]

24. "It's a COOKBOOK!"

Couldn't resist.

[left-of-center2012]

52. Love it! n/t

[PCIntern]

60. Great! Thanks! Nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

65. Tastes like chicken! nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. If it cant be condensed to a one page summary of less than 18 words all less than five letters

you know who wont know about it.

For us who care about silliness like science

WOW

[matt819]

27. What, no attempt yet to stop this by Der Drumpfenfuhrer? (nt)

[Mr. Sparkle]

29. Donald Trump is not what he appears

he is in fact, an Alien

[Baclava]

30. Cut the drama NASA. I hate this new teaser trend. You got something to say, say it now!

NASA said Monday it will soon announce a major discovery regarding planets that orbit other stars.

The agency will make the out-of-this-world announcement about a “discovery beyond our solar system” at a press conference at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The space agency will “present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets,” NASA said.

The announcement has the astronomy community abuzz that NASA is set to announce its best finding thus far that a planet outside our solar system could potentially support life.

http://nypost.com/2017/02/20/nasa-discovers-more-planets-with-the-potential-for-life/

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"Potentially support life"

As YOU know it? How earthnocentric. They must mean water, because we are a water world.

[Native]

32. I hope it's more than that because I've been waiting for years to say Klaatu barada nikto.

[MicaelS]

35. Given the fact that no other type of life

Has yet been discovered off Earth, we have to be Earthocentric.

[Motown_Johnny]

41. If it was life as we don't know it... how would we know?

Self fulfilling prophecy.

They can only announce findings about life as we know it because we know no other.

[Baclava]

47. Potentially support OUR FORM of life, so they think they found liquid water on a planet surface

That's my guess

We carbon bots would probably not recognize a silica based lifeform to which H2O or O2 could be deadly


Right Fred?

[Motown_Johnny]

49. That might be it, if it is in the "Goldilocks zone"

Water on exoplanets is old news. The truth is, water is common no matter what sci-fi stories say.

I am liking csziggy's hypothesis in post #39. This would go beyond just finding water.




Signs of Water Found on 5 Alien Planets by Hubble Telescope
By Mike Wall, Senior Writer | December 3, 2013

^snip^


NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected water in the atmospheres of five planets beyond our solar system, two recent studies reveal.

The five exoplanets with hints of water are all scorching-hot, Jupiter-size worlds that are unlikely to host life as we know it. But finding water in their atmospheres still marks a step forward in the search for distant planets that may be capable of supporting alien life, researchers said.

"We're very confident that we see a water signature for multiple planets," Avi Mandell, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., lead author of one of the studies, said in a statement. "This work really opens the door for comparing how much water is present in atmospheres on different kinds of exoplanets — for example, hotter versus cooler ones."

[Jeroen]

59. I hate it too n/t

[Orrex]

31. Where are we going?

Planet 10!

[More_Cowbell]

33. Will the new planet be easy to immigrate to?

All I need to know.

[ret5hd]

43. Only after Deep Space Vetting. Like deep...really really deep.

[pinboy3niner]

34. Plan 9 From Outer Space was a documentary?

[Sanity Claws]

36. Alternate universe

with alternate facts

[jpak]

37. Space is *not* the Final Frontier

[grantcart]

44. Oh no

They have received the video since November and have given up all hope.

They are coming back to pick up President Obama.

Take me with you, please.

[Takket]

46. Probably not life or they wouldn't be able to keep a lid on it

My guess is a habitable planet where they have confirmed liquid water or atmospheric oxygen

[briv1016]

48. They likely did a spectral analysis of an exoplanet's atmosphere and found it to be "Earth Like."

Not exactly a "remember where you were" moment.

[Calculating]

50. I'm hoping for something exciting

An exoplanet with confirmed liquid water or a similar atmosphere to our world would definitely shake things up a bit.

[mainer]

51. No exobiologists on the briefing. Too bad.

I was hoping for an announcement about life beyond our planet, but this sounds like something different.

[brooklynite]

53. The odds of identifying exoplanet life from earth-based analysis are miniscule.

[C_U_L8R]

54. A whole thread with no Uranus jokes?

Where do you think Trump's taxes are hiding?

[roamer65]

55. If its an earth-like planet, send me!

I'll go. Adios, folks.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

56. If it's an announcement that there's a planet capable of supporting life.....

....I recommend a one-way ticket for Donald Trump.

He'll love it. It will be yuge, bigly.

[Kimchijeon]

57. Oh I wonder what it is...can't wait!

[JHB]

62. "Send more Chuck Berry"

[Warren DeMontague]

63. Sad to say, it's not likely to be anything nearly so exciting as a discovery of life.

I find this stuff fascinating, but they tend to do a bit of chain yanking with these press releases. "what could it be?" ... it's probably not anything that laypeople will get that worked up about. Could be an Earth-sized planet in a habitable zone, which is certainly cool enough.

[anneboleyn]

64. I have hoped for this all my life (but I doubt it will be this exciting):

Scene from the great film Contact

https://m.

[mcar]

66. We are not alone!

[tavernier]

67. I hope it is solid 24 K gold.

It would be a race twixt trump and the cons to see who could get there first.

[NastyRiffraff]

68. Maybe a new planet, but maybe something bigger

They've been looking into the possibility of ancient life on Mars (probably on the bacterial level) that may have seeded life on earth

Who knows, we may all be Martians!

Anyway, I'll be eagerly watching tomorrow. .

[sarcasmo]

69. Alien life would fit right in with chaos 2017.

[Baclava]

70. While we wait for the big reveal - watch this

[Baclava]

71. Seven Earth-Like Planets Orbiting A Star Just 40 Light Years Away

NASA announced in a press conference just now that it’s Spitzer Space Telescope made the discovery of seven planets orbiting a super cool, dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1 which is just 40 light years away from where we are.

http://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/technology/nasa-s-stunning-discovery-seven-earth-like-planets-orbiting-a-star-just-40-light-years-away-272079.html

[Native]

72. Did you watch the press conference? I loved it. So cool!

[Baclava]

73. yes - all within the Goldilocks zone - meaning liquid surface water possible on any of them