“Gliese 581g: If there's life there, how will we know?”
Written by Mike Wall in The Christian Science Monitor on
4 October 2010
This article is about the discovery of a new planet called Gliese 581g. Scientists believe that there is a 100 percent chance that Gliese 581g has life on it. They think this because Gliese 581b is not too hot or too cold and may have water. With today’s advanced technologies such as new telescopes scientists can study Gliese 581g to learn more about it. Because Gliese 581b is over twenty light years away from the Earth’s surface, it may take scientists many decades to find out what kind of life exists there if any. They can begin studying Gliese 581g by listening for emissions with radio telescopes. Another way scientists can learn about Gliese 581g would be to study its atmosphere but they do not have a way to do this for Gliese 581g yet. I wonder if someday we will be able to leave Earth’s atmosphere and vacation on Gliese 581g.
Hi Emma,
ReplyDeleteHow cool is this information? Now I guess we know why the UN has appointed someone to be in charge of alien communications. Is this planet in our solar system or galaxy? Excellent format and you were able to write a good coherent summary of the article.