NASA's Kepler Mission Confirms First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star

[tsoramaki]

NASA\'s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the 'habitable zone,' the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten of these candidates are near-Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star.

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepscicon-briefing.html

I vote to call this planet Kerbin! Whos with me?

[NovaSilisko]

It\'s 2.6 times bigger than earth, too big to be kerbin

[tsoramaki]

To quote Master Yoda, 'Size matters not.'

[icefire]

Besides when it does.

How about \'Harvest\' or something similar

[Tim_Barrett]

If it\'s size is doubled, that would explain the oddly small and short anatomy of kerbals!

IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

[NovaSilisko]

Kepbin?

Kerpler?

[OtherDalfite]

Let\'s call it KERBAL 2.6

[Epsilon]

Keebler

incoming profit

[OtherDalfite]

Keebler

incoming profit

Or lawsuit.

[Epsilon]

Or lawsuit.

I was waiting on who would say that.

Oooooh I could see the news.

[OtherDalfite]

I was waiting on who would say that.

Oooooh I could see the news.

NEWS FLASH:

A company by the name Keebler are filing a major lawsuit towards the space corporation for using a copyrighted brand name on a planet! More details on this interplanetary snack scandal at 11!

[Saaur]

I don\'t think copyright extends past the Earth\'s atmosphere. So you\'re welcome to name it Darth Vader and even LucasLaw can\'t touch you.

[tntristan12]

Besides, most companies would kill to have an entire *planet* named after them. It\'s free product placement and a big one at that.

[your mom]

too bad its 600 light years away from us :\'(

[Technical Ben]

Besides, most companies would kill to have an entire *planet* named after them. It\'s free product placement and a big one at that.

Why have free product placement when you can have free product placement AND a win of a lawsuit? :

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

too bad its 600 light years away from us :\'(

'boosters... BOOSTERS! MORE BOOSTERS! we need to reach this place IN NO TIME!'

[CarolRawley]

I vote 'Reach.'

Just wanted to see how mush of a ****storm this kicked up.

[Newe6000]

I wouldnt get exited. This has happened a few times now and every time the planet actually turns out to be like 10 degrees kevlin or have no atmosphere or be like 1000 degrees kelvlin or just have something wrong with it.

[Raziel]

Hmm! I wonder whether someone/something on this new planet is using a similar telescope to observe Earth.

News Flash on Kerpin or whatever it\'s called

[move]A planet similar to ours but 2.5 times smaller has been found in a galaxy far far away! [/move]

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

Now how we will reach that place but cutting the travel time by 90-95%, given the travel time of 600 years when travelling at c, and that we cannot yet go faster than c (and also excluding the gamefamous Kerbalogical Concept)?

[technoguy33]

How about calling it 'OW, my PELVIS!' sense it\'s two times the size of earth.

[JupiterII]

You should also remember that this was 600 years ago. Something could have happened since then.

[Kryten]

You should also remember that this was 600 years ago. Something could have happened since then.

All we know is roughly where the planet is; it isn\'t going to have left orbit in the past 600 years.

[millsw]

*cough*

I didn\'t touch anything. I swear.

[JupiterII]

All we know is roughly where the planet is; it isn\'t going to have left orbit in the past 600 years.

I mean enviromental wise. If it is habitable then who knows what the locals have done. Asteroid impact, global warming, lot\'s of things can happen.