Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth

Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by dcposch on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:06PM (#13710120)

> The planets also are very close to each other. If a person was standing on one of the planet’s surface, they could gaze up and potentially see geological features or clouds of neighboring worlds, which would sometimes appear larger than the moon in Earth's sky.

this reminds me of one my favorite films ever. it is just four minutes long

http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by smaddox on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @10:17PM (#13711351)

Have you seen Reid Gower's Sagan Series?

http://saganseries.com

It similarly combines HD cinematography with Carl Sagan's narration. It's not CG like this, but the overall quality is extremely high (at least after the first chapter).

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by jimmaswell on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:19PM (#13711115)

If you liked this, you'll probably also like MelodySheep's Symphony of Science series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by iamjeff on Thursday February 23, 2017 @03:58PM (#13717713)

This brought me to tears, literally... There is a beauty to the words that is hard to describe other than to say it gives "meaning" (for lack of a better word) to life on this rock.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by jimmaswell on Friday February 24, 2017 @12:42AM (#13721337)

Another good video is Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PN5JJDh78I&feature=youtu.be

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by rangibaby on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:54AM (#13712159)

It reminded me of the end (spoiled by the poster, of course) of the (somewhat obscure) NZ sci-fi flick "The Quiet Earth":

https://assets.mubi.com/images/film/14662/image-w856.jpg?144...

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by dTal on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:29AM (#13714076)

Wanderers is indeed excellent.

See also: the timelapse footage of the sky from the VLT, Paranal. Just thinking about it gives me vertigo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Cyphase on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:55PM (#13710722)

I just watched this twice. It made me smile, hopeful, and happy. Thank you.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by madarco on Thursday February 23, 2017 @04:51AM (#13712755)

It reminds me of Land and Overland by Bob Shaw:

"The setting for the trilogy is a pair of planets, Land and Overland, which orbit about a common centre of gravity, close enough to each other that they share a common atmosphere."

They don't share a common atmosphere, but I guess the delta required for interplanetary transfer is really low.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by stat on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:56PM (#13710731)

I watched this 10 times in a row. It gave me shivers every time...

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by zhan_eg on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:31PM (#13710604)

Thank you, this is truly amazing. For all the people interested in any way in space - watch this :)

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by thomk on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:23PM (#13710227)

Thank you for this. Awesome.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by rnikhil275 on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:42AM (#13711898)

It actually reminded me of Rick and Morty Season 2 last episode.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by ntelson1s on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:08PM (#13710472)

That was amazing

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by FlorianRappl on Thursday February 23, 2017 @03:24AM (#13712478)

Wonderful and inspiring. I loved the narration from Carl Sagan. One of the greatest.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by mmrezaie on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:07AM (#13713242)

I was very stressed and watching this calm me down. Thanks

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by pault on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:32PM (#13716391)

I get a little choked up every time I watch this.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by ooqr on Thursday February 23, 2017 @11:25AM (#13715129)

I was very skeptical but pleasantly surprised.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by nicolewhite on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:15AM (#13714503)

Reminds me of the movie Melancholia.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by pamparosendo on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:09AM (#13713254)

Great film!

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