NASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years away
NASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years away
A "super-Earth" located 137 light-years away orbits within a "habitable zone," NASA recently announced.
The exoplanet, TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times the width of Earth.
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So, how much more weight would one be subject to?
9 0 ReplyAssuming the same density, about three times as much gravity.
Gravity scales linearly with volume which scales with the cube of the width, (3/2)³ is about 3,4.
9 0 ReplySo we go there to train and come back as superheroes?
9 0 ReplyMore like all our joints decay rapidly under the added stress, and we end up with crippling arthritis and an early grave. But maybe some generation of our descendants would be Bulrathi or Klingons or something, after some adaptation!
21 0 ReplyCRISPR me and send me home, baby!
8 1 ReplyGenetic engineering to the rescue.
5 0 ReplyCRISPR take me away!
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Just being sensu beans with us. Worked for Goku!
3 0 ReplyLie to us next time. Lol
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That's immediately where I went with it. XD
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