NASA To Announce New Exo-Planet Kepler Survey Results

On Thursday Dec. 14th NASA plans to announce the latest exo-planet
survey results using the Kepler Telescope.

The new wrinkle here is that Google machine learning AI was employed to
help with these newest discoveries.

It will be interesting to see if we not only get new planets in the
"Goldilocks Zone" but also of proper mass density for gravity close to
1g. In the past some of the most promising planet candidates have had
proposed gravity of up to 2g. All other things being equal, I suppose it
would be like living on Superman's home world of Krypton!*

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...ler-discovery/

Dave


*A digression: As the DC comic was originally intended. Superman had
super-strength due to evolving on a planet with much higher gravity than
Earth which also accounted for a "higher molecular density", something
akin to Mill's largely discredited Hydrino Theory. He could make amazing
leaps, but in the original story, flying was right out. Also the bullet
resistance was a feature of the costume not the man. At least IIRC the
original story which tried to adhere a little closer to the known
science of the 1930s. Which is why I like it so much.