Comments on: Other Worlds Than These

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:22 +0000

Kris, If I remember correctly, Carl Sagan was (sadly) basically ridiculed for saying that the formation of planets around stars was probably a very common thing.

It’s a shame he didn’t live to see discoveries like this one.

By: Steeljaw Scribe

Steeljaw Scribe — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:58:47 +0000

Of course, at this rate, I’d like to see humans step on Mars before I die (I’m hoping they’ve got 50-60 years to do it in).
H3ll – I just hope!(tm) to see an American footprint on the Moon again before the quarter-century mark…
- SJS

By: Humble1390

Humble1390 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:14:38 +0000

Higgs Boson is cool, but I’m just praying the LHC at CERN doesn’t create a singularity and suck us all into a black hole.

They’re planning high power turnups for December. . .

By: Tailspin

Tailspin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:58:45 +0000

Virgil: Higgs boson, baby, Higgs.

Personally, m=e/c^2 is just as interesting. Energy creates mass?!

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:38:30 +0000

Lex/

RE: that “cheating physics” article you linked to. I’m putting my money on quantum gravity. When you think about it gravity seems to act almost instantaneously everywhere–especially
upon objects in inter-stellar space–especially light waves.

By: km

km — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:54:32 +0000

*Sigh* 130 lightyears…so close, relatively speaking, (sorry for the pun), yet so far. For me, heaven would be eternity to explore the cosmos…as you point out, this mortal shell and the laws that control it, are somewhat restrictive. Then again, humans have always been stargazers…perhaps to actually visit the stars would mean we had become something else.

Of course, at this rate, I’d like to see humans step on Mars before I die (I’m hoping they’ve got 50-60 years to do it in). Nearly 40 years after the moonlanding, who would have guessed we’d still be so earthbound?