New Planet Kepler-22b 600 light years away: Can you reach there?

December 7, 2011 | Filed under: Business | Posted by:

NASA’s latest discovery new Planet Kepler-22b is 600 light years away. Any idea how many generations would be needed to reach there?

Kepler-22 is making headlines across the world. The new planet discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission is suited for human life and the weather there is as pleasant as 70 degree, the scientists have claimed. This has generated unprecedented enthusiasm among people throughout the world.

Scientists working on the exceptionally futuristic Kepler project have suggested that this is the first planet in habitable zone. This means that the new planet may have everything that may ensure the presence of water and other necessary resources to support live.

But there is a catch. Right now there is no technology available that may take even a newborn child from earth to the new planet 600 light years away while he is still alive.

A light year is a way to measure distance in the space. A light year is almost 10 trillion kilometres or about 6 trillion miles away. A report suggests that one light year will require 1200 years to cover the distance by the best spaceships available to NASA right now.

Notwithstanding the fact that NASA scientists have come to conclude everything about its environment, mild temperature and other details, they have said that they still don’t have any real idea about its surface, whether it is rocky or plain or has liquid on it.

NASA’s Kepler mission has been launched to detect planets indirectly, using the “transit” method. A transit occurs each time a planet crosses the line-of-sight between the planet’s parent star that it is orbiting and the observer. When this happens, the planet blocks some of the light from its star, resulting in a periodic dimming. This periodic signature is used to detect the planet and to determine its size and its orbit.

So far the mission has detected more than 1200 planets. Though this is the first time a planet in the inhabitable zone has been discovered. Kepler has very powerful telescopes and other scientific instruments. Kepler uses a specialized one-meter diameter telescope called a photometer to measure the small changes in brightness caused by the transits.

Kepler has the capacity to continuously view and analyze an amount of sky about equal to the size of a human hand held at arm’s length or about equal in area to two “scoops” of the sky made with the Big Dipper constellation. In comparison, the Hubble Space Telescope can view only the amount of sky equal to a grain of sand held at arms length, and then only for about a half-hour at a time.

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  • Vkiki

    I think that finding that planet is pretty cool too bad its 600 light years away though.

  • taylor

    ha i thank it is thriling that we found a new planit

  • http://yahoo alex shenberger

    holy crap

  • alexis

    let’s say this new planet is the real thing right so they say right now it would be impossible for any human alive to get there. Well let’s stop and think about are creator. Hmmmm…I’m guessing this may be the. New world our god has promised us when he returns to gather his children( us ) who have never turned their back on him and has done gods will. Read the bible. we need to keep all man made technology away from that planet and let god do his work. U see what man has done to earth now do we really want the same to happen to the so called kepler planet. Man needs to stop trying to over power gods work and let god do his work. MAN CAN NOT CREATE WHAT GOD HAS CREATED. EVERYTHING MAN HAS CREATED HAS FAILED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND OUR EARTH IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT . SO KEEP UR DIRTY HANDS OF OF THAT PLANET.

  • J Rock

    If we ever get to Kepler I hope there really is water, and land as said.

  • QALANDAR H ABDULKAREEM

    I
    dont think it is impossible to reach there even in our life or the life
    of near generations ,tell me how It is not difficult to find things
    more speedy than light and i think it is possible to transfer through (
    timedistance ) composite or more practical to send things through the
    area in side the nucleus of the atom which is 100 billion time smaller
    than proton size,in this place there is no place and no TIME ,so you
    can send some energy first to reach there i a matter of less than time
    and fully discover the detail of that planet and later we can travel
    through that place in the atom . dont tell me what this man is saying
    ………it is reality and some times is needed for real control of
    this place by Us. I want an answer from a scientest who understand me
    please best
    qalandar
    Consultant surgeon
    FRCS (Glasg)

  • http://nvonews.com/2011/12/07/new-planet-kepler-22b-600-light-years-away-can-you-reach-there/ brittany

    they should go or find something to get close or get there…i wanna see whats on that planet there could be animals from way back when or its hard to tell whats on that planet since they just now descovered it…this really amazes me..thats cool that its suitable for life and has that kind of temperature..i wanna go..it looks just like earth..but way bigger.. maybe its the next world when this one is destroyed and gone..never know thats alwsome.
    thanks brittany

  • Jacob

    stop bringing religion in everything! bible freaks.

  • Mark Knisely

    I don’t believe we’re supposed to reach Kepler. I agree with the e-mail from alexis above. Frankly, this discovery scares me, making me wonder if we’ve all been “fired” by the biggest boss of all, GOD. A new life can start on Kepler, while we all face our punishment, even if it’s not all of us that deserve it. I hope this theory is wrong.

  • Brooke

    I agree with Alexis.
    Man has been destroying this planet to where soon it will just blow up or whtever is in store for the future. I’m only 14, but most likely me and the oher 14 year olds won’t even live to be in our 60s cause our planet would be gone by then. God isn’t hapy people. Man kind ruined his world, so he’s going to ruin those of man kind who have done it.

  • ps

    thanks biblebanger alexis.
    fighting proven facts with unproven beliefs.
    turn off your caps lock too, idiot.

  • ajay

    we do not know whether the planet has an orbit around any star.so the source of light is a question.we do not have technology to reach there.the sun would be there for another 5 billion years.so lets hope we get better technology in the near future.we should also keep a constant track over the planet because space is continuously expanding and we might lose track of it.

  • anna

    i am so exited and want to see this planet .But it so far please scientist get it close.

  • http://nvnews dion

    i think this new planet is amazing but it needs a bettter name!! and pluse it is identcal Eath it could hold warter wich means it could have life on it or you could live on it! it is amazing if you have a name for it plase say in u have a name for it plaes replay

  • Coralyn

    Do you have any idea how vast the universe is? I’d be amazed if they DIDN’T discover an inhabitable planet. It’s kind of like, “yeah? no realllyyyy?!”

  • Coralyn

    oh not only that but how do you know it’s not already inhabited? If we ever do get there we need to keep ourselves in check to recognize that we are not the only ones in this universe and the human ego needs to shrink down before intergalactic wars emerge in the future. Sounds crazy, but nature is nature.

  • clive

    its great news if there is life out there !!

    it will be biggest upset to all the god worshippers who believe god made the earth

  • Kev Sumlin

    2012 is REAL

  • Marlee

    Why be cruel to the “bible-bangers”? Let them believe what they want. No one runs around spitting evil names at anti-christians. There’s no point in being mean. Let Alexis have her beliefs.
    Maybe what she meant to say was, “I hope you find Christ and have just as much a chance as I to get into Heaven. Have a blessed day.”

  • Amilyn

    and by the way, “unproven beliefs”? you really are ignorant. My God is the one sure thing in a world of doubt. Don’t put all your trust on man-made && failing “truths”.

  • eguy71

    there are still people that believe in God? oh…and the thing about the new planet is cool

  • B-man

    Shouldn’t we spend many more years looking for a closer planet? After all, if we find one only 10 light years away just thing of how much time would be saved by targeting a planet 590 light years closer… Just a thought…

  • Matt

    Alexis,
    I don’t think we need to worry about sending human technology to that planet. If it is 600 light years away, and it takes us 1,200 years to cover the distance of one light year, then it would take 720,000 years for us to send anything to Kepler 22b. If you are also a young earth creationist then that might be 72 to 130 times as long as the age of the Earth (5,700 to 10,000 years, right?)

    Ajay,
    We know it orbits a star. It orbits the star Kepler 22, which is why the name of the planet is Kepler 22b.
    from the Nasa Brief:
    “Kepler-22b is located 600 light-years away. While the planet is larger than Earth, its orbit of 290 days around a sun-like star resembles that of our world. The planet’s host star belongs to the same class as our sun, called G-type, although it is slightly smaller and cooler. ”
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepscicon-briefing.html

  • B-man

    Concerning the expanding universe and this planet…

    This is not a concern right now due to the fact this planet is in the Milky Way. The gravity associated with the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy will keep this planet safe from the forces that are expanding the universe.

    Also, I’m pretty sure we know this planet orbits a star similar to our own since they discovered the planet by measuring the reduction of light this star produces as a result of the planet passing directly between the star and the Kepler telecope.

  • sasankajyoti sharma

    It is really a mystery that the life on earth is so developed to detect the presence of an another earth in the universe. But it is not understandable why the life on a another earth is still underdeveloped to reach us in this universe. Has the life on earth any purpose?

  • Nick

    This news is amazing!

  • Beelzebub

    You all believe that there will be a second planet to go to. or even that you pathetic earth will last much longer.. you think your sad little race will last? We denizens of Kepler-22b laugh constantly at you hilarious attempts to justify your planets existence with pointless internet comments. congratulations. You found hell. come and play.
    we are god, we can see you.

  • adele patrick owino from gem

    waw whatever have a maker must have a care taker.let GOD CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE.GRATEFUL

  • Liam Durbin

    I don’t understand why everyone is arguing about an unneeded discussion. Does anyone realize that the more the human race spreads out, the less pollution there will be on all the planets, because the human race will be spread out.

    Say we found 9 habitable planets and sent one tenth of the worlds population to each. That would mean that ten percent of the population would remain on earth. That’s only 700,000 thousand people on each planet. That’s waaaay less than seven-billion. If we want to save this planet, expansion is the way to go.

    Granted, we will have to impose better laws to control the amount of people on each planet, because eventually without limitations, each planet would grow to a massive size again. Families with seven to ten children s insane, and it only hurts the planet. Families with three or lower children would be much more economical.

    For those of you that think we should leave the new planet alone because we’ve already hurt the earth, and that we should atone for our mistakes and such, do you want the human race to die out? What you are saying is that we should not spread our race out to decrease the burden we have on earth.

    Besides, if we did spread out, think of the positive effect it would have on our environment! Less people means less houses, which means less animal habitats destroyed for those houses. Endangered animals could start to make a come-back! Less coal and steel and metal would be needed, and the earths resources would be used less.

    It seems to ME that expanding our race outward is the best thing to do. Besides that, if you’re worried, consider this: There are billions of galaxies in the known universe. Some scientists claim that we live in a multiverse, with infinite universes and infinite galaxies in each! If you think that extending our reach to nine planets or a hundred is wrong, you don’t quite grasp the magnitude of spacial distance. We could spend a quintillion years expanding, and we’d still probably never escape our galactic neighborhood.

    Expansion could save our race, help other races if we meet them, and, quite probably, save our planet as well! And if we are worried about polluting other planets, we could focus our energy on placing all of the factories and polluting facilities on a barren planet. No life would be harmed that way.

    My view on this discovery may be utopian, but I stand firm in this belief: If the human race is to have a chance to atone for its mistakes, then we must expand our grasp to other planets.

    If you read this entire essay, I salute you. If you agree, good for you. If you disagree, good for you, but please don’t go throwing disgusting remarks and insults around because you can’t accept another point of view.

    Thanks for your time.

  • james

    I Think The Planet Should Be Called Organic, Since I Really Dbout We Will Be Still Using Harmful Energy Sources When We Eventually Get There. + It’s A Pleasant Name :)

  • Jack

    Alexis, I respect your view, you are a strong christian, I have a friend whose Dad is a vicar, I have to go through all this God created the universe crap every single day. I am a very big realist, (or so my Mum says)I need evidence. I go to a Catholic school, as my Mum wants me to have some beliefs, although she respects I have decided to be a huge science follower. I often get picked on for being a lover of science, and watching documentaries on discovery channel, as I am only 11! But really if you travel back to Abraham, Isaac etc. they randomly thought one day There is one God who made everything, and then well it just went too far. My friend really has a go at me when I mention aliens, he says God would not allow it we are his ‘family’ if you look at the huge size of the universe, the constant expanding, and all the rules of physics, and atoms along with everything we are made of. Electricity was denied by God yet it exists we no so little, and all the 25% chance of life on Mars! Our most distant planet, it shows life surely came from somewhere else. God denied to much, for him to be real, even evolution, which ha seen seen happening in less than 100 years. I was watching a documentary, about evolution, and it is happening right before our eyes! This area was exposed to sulfur, enough to kill almost anything, and these special worms have evolved in the 60 years sulfur has been there these sulfur worms now exist, and the difference between them and Man is greater than between them and a garden worm! This is proof, this superior “creator” denied this, and aliens which we have almost proved. This planet is proof that those Bible bangers need to open there eyes.

  • Nathan

    Cool I want to hear more

  • Starr

    Let’s leave Kepler-22b alone. It is an alone planet circling a star – seems peaceful right now and the green planet we have been awaiting. We are in awe of this new finding. Look closely at the images provided of this planet, and the uniform coloring surrounding the planet’s entire surface area, as well as the planet’s consistant temperature taking into account the much smaller size of it’s sun. Look’s like the evidence is there that Kepler-22b is a gaseous planet containing methane gas and other gaseous substances. Kepler-22b could very well be a “Melancholia”, a planet of ultimate distruction to everything that lies in its path.

  • kingston

    I can’t believe we found one that can support life. I am making a spacecraft right now to be the first one on that planet. Who is willing to go down there and mess it up with me??? lol…

  • andrew

    to the god worshipper shut up and get a life the planet was created by a mix of elements not by some guy in the clouds

  • Jason Penansky

    We do not know that this planet “LOOKS” like earth. All we know is that it is in the “goldilocks” zone. This indicates that it could possibly be an earthLIKE planet. we are looking at shadows. No way to be sure what this planet holds. Still an exciting discovery!

  • Gary Roberts

    The existence of traversable wormholes within our universe would allow for transportation between destinations separated by hundreds of years of travel at the speed of light within a matter of hours.
    Modern science is only limited in it’s capacity to understand and employ the use of these wormholes, although there are those who argue that this knowledge is available to those at the higher clearance levels of a select few countries aerospace programs. The possibility of travelling to such a destination is well within the realm of human capability.

  • theshadow

    Jacob
    you’re a wanker!

  • catalina

    bleeep bleep

  • pat

    lolzzz

  • Curtis

    Some of the responces are intertaining. Based on our technology today we will never reach the planet. The fact that some people think we are the only life in the universe is funny. It is like someone sitting on top of Mount Everest trying to discover the earth with out leaving the top of the mountain.
    The human race would have to spend the next half dozen generations devoting all time and money developing technologies to create methods of sending groups of people (having to last generations themselves on the journey)to reach this planet.
    Lets try and find life on other planets but focus on maintaining ours. It is not a matter of if there is life out there but where life is out there.

  • abby

    i agree with alexis…if god didn’t make the planent close enough to inhabit then he obviously doesn’t want us there!!!

  • louise

    Fantastic news. I believe maybe the only way to reach kepler is by developing a generation spacecraft.

  • biblebanger

    Sooo brooke you can talk to god now… have fun with your dimensia.

  • Cpt_krk_wna-b

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhh the worlds gonna end! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
    Kidding.
    Man is meant to advance. Once we develop the technology, we should investigate farther.
    Oh and by the way,
    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the worlds gonna end Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
    Hahahahaha

  • Cpt. Jean-luc Picard

    OMG!!! i like totally cant wait to go there to that new planit thingy cause i thnkz it wood be so frikkin cool to like go and like, like, like….OMFG!!!!

    Fix your grammar and spelling, idiots!!!

  • taha

    i am sure we will get there somehow if the planet really exist and if life on that planet is possible. what if the theory goes wrong and is proved wrong in the near future ?then there would be no question of going any where.

  • adam

    i been doing my research, it would take 3600,000,000,000,000(three thousand six hundred trillion) miles and take roughly 720,000(seven hundred and twenty thousand)years. if we had enough fuel then we could send like 100 space ships to there with like 4 babies in each one and a few women who could breast feed and just do this for 10825 generation, then we would reach it!

  • TwilightLover

    Ok first of all seriously 2012 your going to bring that up. Get your head out of your butt and think straight. Secondly go to the store and buy some good grammar people. Thirldy if 2012 is real then heck so are vampires and werewolves.

  • adam

    hey guys, you do know that there are two other planets where we could like both orbit a star called gliese 851, the planets are called gliese 851c and gliese 851g. 851c takes 13 days to orbit its star and 851g takes 37 days, look these planets up!

  • martin

    If we could get there no bible bangers or koran wangers could go because they are the people who start all wars and I would hope new life forms to meet the people of earth who base there lives on fact not a very old well written novel PS do you know we would have to turn the whole mass of jupter in to energy to go just the speed of light thats a lot of power

  • lisa

    This is just amazing. I hope by the time I die they make something fast enough to get there. I am so curious as to what is on the planet. It kind of reminds me of the book I am Number Four. And how everything fiction is about to be real!! so Exciting!

  • RH

    It’s wonderful that another similar planet has been spotted…never reaching the end…I don’t know who created us, or we are just thrown seeds in the universe …I don’t what God is , but I bet he was an amazing scientist…

  • Ashley

    Don’t make me laugh with all of that bible crap! I mean really? God? Lets say if “God” was to exist (In my opinion it’s a load of rubbish I mean where is the proof? Science has explained & proved much more than some sodding “bible” has and ever will.. Actually the “bible” has never explained or proved anything!! If this so called “God” is “working” on this new planet, then why did “God” allow us to find it if it was not meant to be found! I mean can anyone actually prove that the bible is genuine!?.. No they can’t, it’s just a frigging book that some old coot that had way to much time on his/her hands decided to start, and over the years people have just been blowing it out of all proportion, making it out to be something that it clearly is not! Other than a load of bulls**t!!

    P.s the words in ” are meant to be sarcasm for those of you that didn’t get it! lol

  • rico

    we all know that space is really big. so i put it like this. do you think that god got lost in that really big space. which is why you have not heard i thing from him in 2000 years. or maybe god died on kepler. the sooner the whole planet moves on from the god theory the sooner the infighting will stop and everyone can get along as evolved humans and be inspired by nature.

  • Missy

    Really. Some crazy Christian chalked it up to being gods doing. Oh my. Yes please send that lady to another planet. If god is real does that mean he also created aliens. Which I’m sure will become scientifically proven over the next decade.

  • Ashley

    ****Proven**** My mistake lmao

  • Batman

    Sweet.
    I hope we can reach it someday.
    And 2012 is bullsh!t. Moron.

  • caden

    i disagree with alexis…maybe it was supposed to be discovered by man. as a second chance. God did put us here for some purpose and he has a plan for us all alexis…maybe that’s his plan for them. If God has the capability of creating a new planet it wouldn’t be a problem for him to create a new one for believers. God has a plan for all of us and this just might be his plan. So don’t think of it as ruining the promise land. The believers are promised a place. With that said I truly believe it would be amazing if we discovered the technology to reach the planet. Mind BLOWN!

  • Renee

    2012 is a load of shit. If it was to be ever real, NASA would be frantic to find a solution, if even possible. To be honest, 2012, does not look real. Think of all the other scares we have had, Y2K2,2010 and countless others. All im saying, is that if 2012 is real, then dont you think NASA wouldnt have warned us, or actually comfirmed that it is true, but, I’m positive they havnt. Also, people DO NOT need to be scared of what they call the maya calendar. THERE ALL DEAD. Its been proven, that, before the calendar was even finished, the actual makers of the calendar, died. On the actual calendar, does it say the world is going to end? No. It just simply ends.

  • mark powis

    Wouldn’t it b better to spend the millions of pounds on the planet we live on and its people. We have all sorts of poverty etc and it just seems crazy.

  • http://twitter.com/#!/JPow95 JPow

    It sickens me to think that with every great discover man ever makes there are always people trying to bring it down.
    You say that everything man has made has failed and only God can be the creator, but how would we have discovered this planet if it wasn’t from one mans creations of this new telescope.
    This new planet is a huge discovery and I believe that more are yet to come with this, and would like to see an experts view on the comment made by Qalandar

  • Jonathan

    All you Religous S.O.B’s need to shut the hell up about your so called god and this new planet kuzz all the things you all say that was supposedly made by your so called god has many problems if he is so great he would have made it closer for us to actually travel there.

  • Jonathan

    Also this is a science page not a F*&#ing religious beliefs page.

  • mihiretu

    it will take us atleast 600 yrs? hmmmmmmmmmm…so funny how much we are shorthanded to do what we want to do. okay if any one agrees I have an idea. why don`t we send space man generations. this is like sending two people one man and one woman. then if we assume their kids can mary each other, the 6th generation will arive there. That is awsome then they may start colonizing the new planet.

  • The Burger King King

    I will rule this new planet with burgers and all. By the way you guys are true morons because all scientists need to do is create a faster stronger space shuttle. Dar dar, learn some commen sense. Also get a life instead of commenting on stuff that you know nothing about. I’m an astrophysicit and you guys guys probably dont know the difference between a solar nebula and a solar system. Also you jerks who are calling them bible freaks need to stop because people are inclined to their own opinion.

  • Karen

    Alexis, why would we be able to discover this new planet if God did not want us to? Perhaps He is giving us a Second chance to get it right…Please try not to give in to fear. I know it is hard not to be scared with everyone saying all these horrible things. If you are truly a woman of faith, then you know that we have NO ability greater than God and therefore have no real reason to fear. Peace be with you my sister.

    Go SCIENCE!

  • The Burger King King

    I mean physicist, sorry typo.

  • The Burger King King

    And marlee good job being a respectable and sensable human being. Those people who are calling you bible-bangers and such are just being cruel because they have a low self esteem and need to try and put other people down to make themselves feel better.

  • giles howard

    Is the grass greener?

  • The Burger King King

    To conclude my comments 2012 is not real. God will decided when he wants to take us off this earth. Not neanderthal scientist who cant get a date on a Saturday night.

  • Angelica

    Was anyone else amazed at how much it LOOKS like Earth?

  • hannah

    god DID make the earth, and some of those theroies are interesting, but who says god didn’t just make another planet? it’s not THAT crazy, people. and nice job, marlee. and shut up, ps (stupid name).

  • Dave

    I say keep human beings well away from it! If we somehow had the technology to reach this planet, I have no doubt we would become the evil, hostile aliens that are featured in so many sci-fi movies, raiding the planet for its natural resources, killing everything in our path and within a few hundred years we would have repeated the same tragic mistakes we’ve made here on Earth. Thank God, or chance, we don’t have any way to get there. I say leave humans to destroy their own back yards and not someone else’s too!

  • Court

    Clive, how so? I mean, it never says anything about God creating Jupiter and Saturn or anything, so how will life on a new planet be an upset? Just because it doesn’t say He created it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Does it say He created other galaxies?

  • Planet gong

    Maybe this is the planet for us atheists. Leave the God believers behind on earth to wait the second coming.

  • Charles

    This comment is one that makes me wonder about the faculties of those on this planet. Sure, there may be a GOD, as you call it, but I don’t think it’s just that. I believe GOD is an idea. Sure, there’s the bible.
    We aren’t going to live past DEC 17, 2012. I think this is where either we make first contact or the shit hits the fan. So many asteroids. Think about that.

    I agree with Alexis.
    Man has been destroying this planet to where soon it will just blow up or whtever is in store for the future. I’m only 14, but most likely me and the oher 14 year olds won’t even live to be in our 60s cause our planet would be gone by then. God isn’t hapy people. Man kind ruined his world, so he’s going to ruin those of man kind who have done it.

    Brooke
    December 7, 2011 at 8:42 pm

  • Charles

    Besides. Isn’t everyone benefiting from the way we use the resources here on Earth? If that’s the case, then we are ALL GUILTY!

  • SWIRD

    It all belongs to God! It’s a good day to be alive and to be a human being. The truth is that nothing is ever discovered unless God allows it to be discovered. We need to let God do HIS work in the Universe which He created and we should do our work on the Earth to which we have been assigned. He gave us mankind dominion over the Earth to replenish, subdue and replenish it. When and If Kepler is to be inhabited, GOD will let us know. I thank HIM for being our Creator, and I pray for those who simply exist because they choose to have nothing to believe in greater than themselves. One thing is for sure, we cannot deny the AWESOMENESS of our Creator and all creations in the Universe which includes Earth, the stars and all other planets discovered and undiscovered. Spirit to Spirit~ Those who worship Him MUST worship him in Spirit and in truth!

  • john

    alexis could be right. but then again we are only human. God made everything and he knows what he’s planned. all we can do is hope we have a good eternal life and not perish on this earth.
    this planet sounds like a really good place, but maybe its just not for us.
    and even if we get there, its gonna turn out like earth, all f***ed up and again we will be wanting more. its just a myth guys, dont get your panties in a bunch.
    and you antichrist guy ^ up there, really? dont be getting into other people’s lives. it says clearly in the bible to spread his word and to share his existance. And thats simply what she’s doing. back off!!!!

  • Val

    I think that it is so wonderful that God have giving us the opportunuity to discover this beautiful planet. While I am a christian and do believe the Word of God, I do not see why we cannot just enjoy this discovery. Maybe this is just God letting us know who’s the boss and that He is able to make something out of nothing. While there are zealous Christians that would take the simplicity of God’s Word and twist it to make it there own, I would also not take it for granted that the bible tells us that it is Him that created the heavens and the earth and that “heavens” includes this universe and everything else that is even beyond the unknown galaxies. The Bible does not tell us nor explains everthing regarding the earth and beauty that surrounds us but I am glad that in my life time I am bless with the hope that if this home of our called Earth be lost I am glad to know that God has made provision for the generations to come.

  • becky

    **I am excited to hear about this new discovery. And to say we cannot reach it is not true…just think back not so long ago people would say a man in space was impossible but we accomplished that. Just remember…never say never. It will be done one day.

  • Jenny

    PS, you shouldn’t be so rude & ignorant to peoples beliefs or opinions,and Alexis,I agree with the idea your trying to get across but god,science,faith,or just plain facts there is another planet that should just be left alone by human beings.it was not meant for us to live on and whether god or just the elements of the earth come to the end of it’s patience with us we are doomed eventually.we have done enough damage to our planet earth there is no reason why we should invade another Planet and destroy it as well. There is a reason why it is so far away from us because it is not supposed to be touch and ruined by the human hands.and plus to even build a spaceship strong enough and large enough to withstand the elements of earth to, get there would be damaging to the galaxy and space Wich it had to travel threw to get there.our orbit is nothing but a junkyard for old satellites and wich ever things are just floating adrift that we have trashed there anyway.just let the planet be at peace….

  • gmo

    i dont think we cant make.first we need water and food how r we going to get food in outer space ya we can bring animals but animals needs the nature so the can feel comfortable.And fuel what kind of fuel r we going to use is almost or it is impossible.and who will be the first person in that plant and we can get crazy in a space ship we need room and nature too we are animals to but im not saying we cant make it but u know how long it is 21,000,000 million years so its generations of people and u have to teach them about earth how it looks like all the wars everything about our history.it does sound impossible but u never know how we can make it…….

  • jgmo

    we are design for this plant we cant escape we need to come back yes it is nice to dream about but you dont know that we can do it

  • bobz

    i was just amazed with the new planet…but still i believe God..i hope there are living things out there!!! :) Great job scientists!!

  • Jay

    BRITTANY and CORALYN is a bunch of zit-faced, ignorant fools. Single-minded and the attention span of a gold fish…Planet Kepler CANNOT be reached. Scientists struggled for YEARS to break the sound barrier although they did. With the great minds of nuclear physics and astronomygone , there is’nt a sh*tball in hell chance. BROOKE, it’s called FAITH u dickhead.

  • Aa

    I think its crazy. Thank god we cant get there! I dont think we r suppose to get there.

  • ryan

    I personally believe in God… Let us leave the science to science.. Human are born with different point-of-views. whether they are pro or con, don’t make it a big issue. whatever lies behind that planet is not our problem. that planet is not another place to destroy.. look at our planet!!! what do human did to it? Don’t let that planet will be the next planet to destroy as what humans did to earth..

  • Jon

    Come on… What a load of hog wash… A new planet… A inhabitable planet… Yeah right… Since it is Science… it is only best guess… And there best guess is that it is inhabitable… Since it is 600 light years away… we will never know… So why don’t they spend the Billions of dollars on fixing our economy and stop wasting it on things that really don’t matter.

  • http://www.in.com Rohit Kumar

    sound good at last we search the new planet like earth. but the question is that how we can reach there………..?????????????

  • janmejaya

    Its too good that human found k-22-b but as the proper sense of living not yet found out,we must leave it on scientist till they get it.As light year is the great problem for now i don’t think that it will be for our future generation.

  • Azeem Saqui

    Praise the LORD;
    Finally we discover for what we are looking from the last a number of centuries.
    Hats off to every single person who is involved in this remarkable discovery.
    If we can’t reach there in our life, then GOD willing our generations will.
    Be Blessed…

  • http://wikki tony

    wow i cannot belive that thier is a new planet OMG i cant belive how far away it is.

  • Wayne NorBe’rt Hazzard

    Unbelievable! We’re allowed to see it!! 70 degrees??? Does that not sound like a real close runner-up to heaven? Wow wow wow. Unbelievable! We can see it!!!!!!!

  • gera

    i think..teleportation will be a great help to get us there hmhlol..and to live new life..away from this rotten planet..and rotten humanity who destroy the earth!

  • http:nvonews.com sarah

    This is amazing news to hear about a new planet. But how do we know that this planet has life on it or not. And i’m not talking about trees or any kind of plant life. we would all have to be sceptics if we thought that we have this whole univers to our selves. Yea whoever reads this must think i watch to many movies…. but thats not true.If there is nothing els in this univers or solar system that is alot of waisted space. Ha just thought of something funny… We are about to do the same thing the so called ufos do to this planet. come and go as they please,just like the ones in jarusalem, russia, china, japen, rosswell. One more thing, i was reading some of these articles on here and i came across one that was saying how we ruined this planet from technology. I COULDN”T AGREE MORE.

  • tony

    i cant belive thier is a new planet! but the only problem is we cant get thier :(

  • Thatea nwpl

    Can’t wait to see some new friends on that Kepler 22b, the new planet..hehe..it’s a great discovery..God is there. It’s about why He care us so much?, as there will be many universal thought of His. We are one lonely race inside one lonely planet.. The more we explore this so called universe , the more we come to know the Greatness of God. The creatures from kepler 22b might already been watching and studying us since long time back.. Who knows? They might got much better telescope.. At least lets hope our grandchild and theirs will meet one day. :-) . May the peace be spread betweee us and May God bless 22b people and all non believers..

  • The Burger King King

    Ok, guys I will make a promise to you. I will figure out how to get to this new planet. Kepler will be inhabited if it is a good living habitat. I think this is a good way to breach intelligence through the universe.

  • The Burger King King

    Hey Beelzebub, stop being a poser acting like your all big and mighty. When inside your just a sad sad little boy begging for attention.

  • Dr. Allen G. Richer

    I am a 28 year old astrophysicist so i feel the need to comment on such things. Life has been discovered on Mars. Bacteria and bacteria is a living single-celled organism. Kingston ill go ive been dying to have a close up astronomy encounter in my astronomy feild. Andrew you are the one who needs to get a life (but of course you dont have one) instead of being a little wimp who needs to speak behind a computer screen because you are scared of getting the living crap beat out of you. Adam its three quadrillion six-hundred trillion (3,600,000,000,000). As sad as i am to say that i agree with someone with the screen name TwilightLover, i agree. Ashely before you comment on us bilbe-bangers maybe you should find out more about the religion before critizising it because God gave us free will thats why we found it. Jonathan drop dead this is a free country we, bible-bangers, can talk about whatever we want. John i admire your bravery in befending people. Finally, Jay you are the zit-faced, ignorant fool because you dont know anything you are talking about, heck im suprised you know what ignorant means. Why? Well because you are probably just a little 12 year old girl who has a low self-esteem. Ive been a genius my whole life. In 6th grade i took geometry. And all you christians ill take you guys with me up to Kepler 22 because some other people think it should be belief free, while there is no such thing as having no belief because atheism is a belief. The belief of not having a belief, ha lawyered. And really guys why are you making fun of peoples grammar, that is just pathetic. Hey biblebanger, chill and leave brooke alone she is just speaking up for what she believes in. By the way I am The Burger King King.

  • Cpt_krk_wna-b

    omg lol rotfl yw g2g brb… I’m sorry, I accidentally leaned on the keyboard.
    Athiest- Quit being so rude
    Christans/Jews, etc. who think were all gonna die-Read the Bible a little bit closer. After God created Earth, did he say ‘If you ever find a new planet, you’re doomed.’ No. Who says we can’t advance? Who says we can’t spread out? Who says we’ve messud up the Earth so much there’s no hope for surviaval, and we should just wait for armageddon (which is millions/billions of years away) instead of using the freedom of self-preservation? Any hands? No. So calm down, and (for everybody here) learn how to type!

  • LogicGuy

    I think a lot of us are really getting ahead of ourselves here. The only things that we have an “educated guess” at is that it probably has the same distance from a sun, approximately the same rotation and POSSIBLY a habitable temperature that could possibly be suitable for water. We don’t know what type of atmosphere it has, what its made of, etc. etc. I think it’s an exciting discovery, and science is fascinating to me. But with such a vast Universe, I think that it was just a matter of time till we found other planets that would be similar to ours. Although I do believe that our planet and it’s life is unique and that there is nothing alike it in the Universe.

  • Anon

    lol, crazy religious people are going to spam this so hard…

  • Yunus Samion

    Its realy amazing, need more and more updated info regarding this Planet, and the light year.

  • Emmanuel

    You Never Know There is always new things happening in space that humans can not understand. And karen i agree with you why would GOD let us discover this new planet if he it tring to get it ready for us. And I Also agree with Alex you never know it might actually be GOD make this too happen because there is so many regrets and mistakes on earth that he might just want to make a new planet that he can come and take us too. Also In my opinion if GOD did want us too discover this new planet of Kepler than why did he make it soo far away ?? And If he didn’t want us to discover it that why did he let it too be seen by the scientensts find it ????? These Are Question we wanna find out, but i think we should just let this new planet be .

  • Smartarse

    The name of this new Planet shall be called “Twodads”. A new world full of exciting changes, challengers, life of some sort. I only hope that if there is intelligent life on “Twodads”, that all are treated as equal where there is no bickering and all have respect for each other. Not like here on earth where everyone belittles, rapes & murders their “so called” fellow intelligent life equal.

    TWODADS rule.

    Thanks, Smartarse

  • Dan

    What is wrong with some people GOD is not real sorry to break the news and its about time people stop being scared to die. This is proof that aliens exist and the bible is crap. And there are so mant religons wtf.

  • Thatea nwpl

    Hey Dan, who afraid of death. Remember all the Islam brothers suicide bombers. This new planet indicate how great God’s Art. You’ll never come to know the technos of God from this Single lonley Planet. Loads of God’s Creations will be out there.. All those others which we called them Aliens are also made by God.. Danny boy, God loves you.. Little learning is a dangerous thing. Remdmber.

  • shravan

    Aiens are existing thats cent percent true, do you think think that our earth is unlikely to be the only planet where life has
    evolved??.Hmmm,Absolutely not.
    Life is common, we are not special and we may not even be intelligent enough to understand the beings that exist outside the solar system.As the time pass we come to know everything. And NASA done a great job.Hats off to NASA……

  • liz joseph

    I believe that God is like a parent watchin over his/her toddler explore the world around…he is simply watchin over to see how far we will go…the word of god is no bullshit….i don’t believe that the world will end in 2012 either….while he is giving us another chance to live… “you have destroyed the earth and now kepler is the next”….three cheers to mankind for bring’g the earth to the brink of destruction lets now attack kepler…we are coming”………..????????????????

  • kiranlal naik.b

    hey,What a great news then are we able to land on other planets?its now time for NASA to search for a way to reach there or discover any thing that cleans our planet earth from pollution and from radiations and from many more, since we are from this land now save earth first since i believe NASA is not week to handel.

  • DANA

    this discovery is more than great and amazing, well stop thinking idiot and limited ideas that we can’t and we shoudn’t or what so ever and start thinking to create new technology that would make us capable of reaching that planet. I like the way of Qalandar Abdul kareem start thinking about it.so come on guys start thinking smart and you may be the next nobel price winner.
    I already started my researches

  • beverly

    hey can i just shut that mans mouth who gave a comment firts…… Do you ever watch descovery, they already showed on their that everything was born by eggs with the chemicals on earth itself that is how we all were born….. im not saying god does not exist im saying dont read your bible man created the bible and no one else………. there may be something bigger watching over us…..

    I would love to be the first candidate to go to this new earth…. mh take me with because we are living in hell at the moment here in africa

  • beverly

    Remember Everything works in triangles we may only go so far and not further this world is gone to far we have ruined it and well only in 10 trillion million years well ruin that one as welll…. Because people destroy everything they touch and thats true…. we find create debate then over populate because woman just want babies……… then we ruin and destroy because we are selfish….. mhhhhhhh why dont they stop people from having babies thats why planet earth is dying there are to many peoples on it……. bring out a law nasa that says you arent allowed to have more then 1 or 2 children peoples ares selfish

  • http://nvonews.com/2011/12/07/new-planet-kepler-22b-600-light-years-away-can-you-reach-there/ annonymous scientist

    as you can see religeon somehow has made its way into these comments so here is my theory if god made the planets and stars why do all planets have cores metals gases and liquids because god seems to have only created a land full of animals water and air but were does it say anything about the periodic table because in the story about god making earth he made land water light and dark. huh no technology no guns no space races no cures for illness just some random guy touching people and suddenly there cured bull s**t but our haard working scientists who funnly enough my dad is and he married a nice looking women huh yeah to scientists cant grab a date and if god has created kepler 22b then i must ask show me the proof they have even shown you how stars are made (and if you dont know how there made they are made in nebulas

    Science 1 Religeon 0

  • John

    I believe It is Never possible to reach there in Kepler-22b, it would be 720000 years to go there in Kepler-22b with our latest technology, so it is a dream for us all to reach there . i Sure sure sure we cannot reach there also by the upgrade science 5000 years latter.

  • Dr. Allen G. Richard

    John try using English grammar. Instead of whatever kind of grammar that was.

  • alex

    For those who haven’t taken any courses in biology, geology or any of the other sciences, I advise you to do so, before blathering on about the existence of God in relation to exoplanets.

    Here’s a recommendation, however, that will save you a lot of time in arriving at the truth. Read a good book like “The God Delusion,” by Richard Dawkins. It will crystallize all of your ideas about the Universe, our existence, and this primitive yet ever so present concept of a “god.”

    Don’t be afraid to wake up.

    There is no god. There is no afterlife. (So, since you only have the time you have left to live. Make the most out of it. Stop wasting your precious time with silly hopes and imaginings. You’ll have more time to do constructive things for yourself, your loved ones, and the world.

    The Universe, our planet, us humans and animals, and all the other very likely civilizations out there in the cosmos, are wonderful and amazing enough without the sickening sweet syrup of “god” poured on it.

    I am truly sorry if I’ve perhaps offended anyone who truly loves their god of tsunamis, earthquakes, and other calamities. That all knowing, all loving god who wipes out lives of common people the world over with such disregard for good or bad. Oh, but if those acts of God are merely to witness to you, your holy ass, how righteous you are, again my apologies.

  • http://wiki tony g

    yay a new inhabitable planet

    but how the f**k do we get there and by the way burger king king ur the big hard man wanna be and just a sad little fat twat

  • juanita

    i think it only makes sense for humans to spread out. and u have the right to believe in what ever you want to, BUT SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE. if u think that we shouldnt go to another planet, guess what dont go, stay right here, but if nasa sent people today, i would go.
    there just has to be new measures put into place to protect the environment of that planet, simple. solar pannels, no tobacco, if u clear trees to build houses use those trees in the house,limit the amount of children, and everyone should be responsible for growing there own food, then there is no need for big farms, and factories. we have all we need to keep the environment clean, but most of these things we have only had for the last, 40 or 50 years. so when you say that we shouldnt go there, because we would ruine it, thats not true it would be a great way for us to learn from our mistakes.

  • juanita

    what the religious fanatics on here dont seem to realize, is that its them who cause the biggest probblems on our planet, open a history book! now how many of those wars do you see in that book that were caused by religion? and war would be our biggest worry on a new planet!

  • http://youtube.com/user/mattsosm Matthew Sosa

    I think that this planet is very likely to have life on it already and that we should look into it before we go and try to take it over.

  • reymart mejares

    i guess we must believe in our and think on how to save our polluted planet rather than we find a new planet but still it is impossible to reach it and lived

  • Kasey

    I want to name it (the planet) mandel or laverta

  • Nick

    I agree. Bible freaks need to stop posting their nonsense on important threads likethis one. Alsothe discovery of neutrinos may help us get to kepler-22b sooner than one might think as these can travel faster than the speed of light. Also we need to keep religion away from that planet as its killed more people than any other cause int the world and has done more harm than man alone. P.S. Brooke are you serious!? you think the earth will die before you die? that’s funny… its funnyhow bible thumpers like yourselves are so oblivious so the life of this universe the world has been around for 14 billion yearsand will be around for atleast 50 million more and the sun gets to big and burns it up. so I garantee you will die on this planet and your children will(if you can trick some poor fool to procreate with you, you religious idiot).

  • Nick

    Lololololoolomgrofl!! The burger king king is hysterical. Yes scientists all you need to do is build better faster space shuttles because according to this self appointed king building extremely advanced technology is easier then coming up with a crappy name to put on a forum. How do you propose we build these ships? And the only fuel that we have that can help with the speed problem is plasma, and that does not come cheap by any means.

  • ayekay93

    its not real thats y they told us that it’s 600 light years away so that we would think it is imposible to get there..ever…

  • http://www.fsodj.com Francisco

    What if its a planet that is inhabited by deadly, ugly creatures like those in that flick entitled “The Mist” I wouldn’t want to go there!!!! LOL

  • kelly gage

    It may be far away but what if one day a person lets say I built a very good very fast witha different power source for the space ship it would look like a big ship but more round you could make a power aource from crystals or from components from space it would burn it down and lastblonger than regularbfuel the speed well we would havento look at the fastest thing besides light make it into a way they can use it for fast and hook up one of the crystal powered engines to that engine and to test it around the earth until the fuel almost goes out see how many times and how long it would take to get you there. Then try to speed it up. It makes a lot more sense to me im only thirteen and i want to work for NASA one day or the ASPCA in dallas i know what more to do but ill have to do it.

  • Mike

    I’m glad that NASA was the one that found it. In the future when we have the technology to get there, the US gets first dibs.

  • Mahlatse (International Relations MA student in South Africa)

    I really wish the planet has life there, and I hope they aren’t conservative narrow-minded religious freaks like these humans we’re living with. And the way humans are irritating to live with, I’m pretty sure whoever is living there doesn’t wanna be found by us. I’m pretty sure the Americans, if they get there first, would break down one of the nice structures an build a McDonald’s.