Are we alone?

A New Planet *

A new earth has been found

Traveling a far star around

This planet, half again as big,

‘Causes it’s star to dance a jig

With a temperature from 32 to 104

It could have flowing water and more.

But it is so many light years away

Astronaut explorers have no way

Even traveling at the speed of light

To get there before humanity’s night

*Recently discovered, Gliese 581C circles a medium size star, smaller than our sun. Its sun is cooler than ours, but the compensation for the planet is that it is much closer and thus receives sufficient light and heat to make its median heat the same as ours. The negative side of the story is that the planet always faces the sun which means that one side is hot and the other side is cold. However, along the terminus between the two, life would probably be quite comfortable. We won’t be visiting anytime soon, however, as it is 20.5 light years away from us. We are, however, still considered to be neighbors, as we are in the same galaxy. It’s in the Libra constellation. It is considered to be the most habitable of 200 planets identified.

It might be a neat place to visit for the weekend if your faster than light speed craft wasn’t in the garage for repairs. We’ll just have to wait for a more fortuitous time.