Astronomers say dwarf planet is ‘ocean world,’ possible harbor for life.
Just The News: A dwarf planet located in the rocky space of the galaxy’s asteroid belt harbors a subsurface “ocean” possibly capable of sustaining life, astronomers revealed this week.
Ceres — the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has a “liquid reservoir” underneath its surface that is at least regional and may be global, NASA scientists said in research published on Monday. more here
The asteroid belt is a component of our solar system; not the galaxy. The solar system is a mere cell in the gigantic body of our galaxy.
Beat me to it, Mule; this is what passes for edumacation in today’s public school.
Whoaaaa, hold on there. Dwarf planet? Isn’t that on the NASA insensitivity list? /s
Pretty cool.
So how long would it take a spacecraft to get there and is it really suitable for life as we know it or not. A lot of unanswered questions need to be taken into consideration before attempting to colonize this dwarf planet which may not ever be answered. What’s wrong with the Earth that we already have except for all the nattering nabobs of negativism who say that we’re all doomed because of globull warming, overpopulation, war, pestilence, famine etc. since the late 60’s propagandized by Paul Ehrlich and other prophets/ninnies of gloom and doom.
Some ninnies are offended by the words “dwarf” and “midget”, so I think I’ll call Ceres a planetard.
Our galaxy is only speck in the unknowable vastness of the universe. & shit.
I suggest we put together a crack crew of antifa, BLM and Democrats and send them out ASAP to make sure it will sustain life before we even consider colonizing.
@RogerF — Great idea! If we hear back from then, then Ceres is habitable. If we don’t hear back from then, well, “no news is good news”! (-:
Why does Desiderata always come to mind when they bring up this nonsense? We are not a fluke of the universe since God created us in his image. Nor are we a product of slime plus time like the evolutionists, behaviorists and determinists believe us to be. There are not enough zeroes in the Universe for that ever to be probable.
By and large, astronomers are atheistic are soles who want to be the first to discover McDonald’s on another planet.
“If we hear back from then, then Ceres is habitable. If we don’t hear back from then, well …”
“If we hear back from then, then Ceres is habitable. If we don’t hear back from then, well – SEND MORE!”
A suggested fix.
izlamo delenda est …
@Uncle Al – I think the designers of the mission should probably only give them one of those old Radio Shack radio kits that they will have to assemble in order to report back. Pretty much guarantee good news.
Coupled with @Tim’s idea. Ladies and gentlemen, it sounds like a plan is coming together
Extirpates, anybody besides me ever read Robert A Heinlein’s sci fi novel Job, A Comedy Of Justice where they have hamburger stands and other accoutrements of Earth in Heaven. I need to reread that since it’s been a while since I read it last.
It’s a big Universe, yet God saw fit to tuck us into a tiny corner of it.
Whether for our protection, or the Universe’s, I haven’t a clue.
@geoff – great book. Read it when I was just a little roger running around in junior high. Heinlein was ahead of his time
So was Ray Bradbury.
Baby, it’s cold out there. Ice maybe, but no “ocean”.
Unfortunately, upon reading Weller’s Bio., Bradbury comes off as sort of a simpering faggot with little moral integrity.
I like Heinlein better.
The Ford Galaxy is right next to Uranus
And they’re next to the Mercury Comet.
otoh, it’s estimated there are 400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and about 17 trillion dollars in US national debt. About 42.5 galaxies. The national debt dwarfs the number of stars in our galaxy. Would Sen Everett Dirksen be impressed that is real money?
How far down would they have to drill to get to the water? What if the water is nothing but high octane salt water mixed with some deadly chemical that we know nothing about. NASA won’t get use to the fact that we’re stuck on this planet and no one is getting off of it to start the shittery all over again. God has a plan for us, there’s going to be a lot of surprised people when he shows up!
Jupitor caughed up some phlegm. That’s all.