“The older cousin” of the Earth: the skeptics questioned the life, dream about romance card – TVNZ

Telescope “Kepler” has found the stars and planets that resemble the Earth and the sun. Are “twins” at the junction of the constellations Cygnus and Lyra. One of the sites has been dubbed “the elder cousin of the Earth.” In NASA believe that on the surface of “cousin” is quite liquid water can exist. And this, in turn, the chance that there may be a life similar to ours.

Needless to say that such a statement is not a joke excited astronomers worldwide. Join the discussion, both professionals and amateurs. Do not stay aside and Tatarstan. So fascinated by astronomy Mikhail Fedorov from Naberezhnye Chelny sure to research all possible seriously. Michael does not understand why scientists seekers of extraterrestrial life believe that it must necessarily be similar to Earth and are looking for a planet with water, similar to Earth.

– It may have been life on Jupiter, but in the form of ANY KIND a plasmoid of nitrogen compounds that fly in the atmosphere or dive inside, fed by atmospheric electricity. Or maybe life is in the form of mucus, or even any at extra-low temperatures in the oceans of methane? – Asks Fedorov and faces different opinions opponents.

– What can I say? If there is liquid water on the planet, it might have on it being similar in composition to us. And maybe not being, and biomass – the first protoorganisms – emphasizes Nikita Bochkarev.

Meanwhile, in the professional community were skeptical about the very idea of ​​opening. Come check planet, which is at a distance of 1.4 thousand light years from Earth. On our way up to today’s technology open “cousin” it takes 550 million Earth years. Whatever it was, the Romantics information about millions of years, the way does not stop. One of the panelists ready to colonize the planet, named after the discoverer of the telescope – Kepler 452.

Meanwhile, an astronomer at the Kazan Rustem Galyautdinov shares details about the other land in one of the largest scientific communities. ( the author’s spelling and punctuation preserved):

– A year in the world “Kepler-452b” lasts 385 days, ie, only 20 days longer than the Earth! The central star is spectral class «G2» – this is exactly the same star as our Sun in mass and temperature. “Kepler-452b” is 60% larger than the Earth in size, weight 5 times larger, and the force of gravity in two times. 10% receives more heat from its star than the Earth is from the sun – for us it would be on the verge of the greenhouse effect.