NASA Announces Discovery of 7 New Planets, 3 In ‘Habitable Zone’ | NBC News

NASA announced Wednesday the discovery of seven planets in the TRAPPIST solar system, including three planets within the “habitable zone,” meaning they could contain water and be hosts to alien organisms.

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NASA Announces Discovery of 7 New Planets, 3 In ‘Habitable Zone’ | NBC News

[AxiomApe]

This is incredible news. This is a great day for science and a great discovery. Life, undoubtedly exists in the cosmos outside of Earth. What a beautiful time to be alive .

[AxiomApe]

"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day, venture to the stars. "
-Carl Sagan

[aayla]

Wow, NASA, that's amazing, absolutely your best bs to date. Great planet illustrations, I'm looking forward to seeing many more drawings and composites in the future.

[pep]

How about stop cutting the live feed every time another intelligent species pop up in the background and cash me ousside how bout dat.

[AxiomApe]

"How lucky we are to live in this time; The first moment in human history when we are, in fact, visiting other worlds.

A still more glorious dawn awaits
not a sunrise, but a galaxy-rise. A morning filled with 400 billion suns; The rising of the Milky Way. "
-Carl Sagan

[ShadowMan]

are they going to tell us that they couldn't see them before because a mothership has been in front of them hiding them for decades?

[DJSbros]

"Nearby" 40 light years, we're still no where close to getting any where near these planets.

[Mysteryskatin]

Science is what made America great. I wish our society would begin to value rationalism and empiricism again...
American science is THE reason to be proud to be American.

[MrUzairshahid]

I am 100% convinced of islam now. Quran says this 1500 years ago.
“It is Allah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e. seven). His Command descends between them (heavens and earth), that you may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah surrounds (comprehends) all things in (His) Knowledge.” [quran, t-Talaaq 65:12]

[MaddieS]

I had a wonderful time trick or treating with my grandkids yesterday and all of you are interested in planets that we will never even get to. Live life to the fullest today and don't worry about anything.

[gwm]

This is so patronizing. We've been told there are billion of stars. Now we're supposed to jump for 7 planets in the goldilocks zone around 1 star?! I actually got excited last night. I should have known better. Another BS story from NASA for more funding.

[prosperocobbler]

Nothing says science better than specious speculations backed up by animations and cartoons.

[boss]

5 years later, NASA has confirmed 15 Earth's planets and counting. We ain't alone. But do they have a Justin Bieber? Are planets is better 😂

[welliminitnowso]

0:58 that we're gonna launch late year last year

[AxiomApe]

Congratulations to the people at NASA! Woohoo

[oppressedgamer]

thats pretty cool but the sad thing is we probably wont see light speed technology in order to get there in our era :(

[fatmirshehu]

What they didn't told you is.. all of these planets are Uninhabitable. There is no atmosphere around any of these planets. Check Neil Degrasse Tyson opinion about that.

[chaseperry]

40 light years... how tf are we gonna get there?

[noahyyy]

How long will it take us to get their?

[jugganuat]

So let me get this straight we can see a planet 40 billion light years away but we can't see the moon rover with precision 238000 miles away. Got it