Real Life "Tatooine" discovered

**nikvoodoo** · Sep 16th, 2011, 12:53 AM

Anybody else catch this? NASA discovered a planet with 2 suns 200 light years from Earth. Pretty awesome geeky stuff! Now....to see if there's a kid there whose midichlorians are off the scale and he just might fulfill that prophecy!

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/15/tatooine-gives-first-direct-proof-of-2-sun-planet/

**7oddisdead** · Sep 16th, 2011, 01:13 AM

Awesome...I both love hearing about this stuff and hate it...hate because we know NONE of us will ever leave this Petri dish to see it close up.

**gaijinpunk** · Sep 16th, 2011, 09:05 PM

Those aren't the droids you're looking for...

**StepLaugh** · Sep 17th, 2011, 01:42 PM

This is super nerdy/amazing!

**usmcludwig** · Sep 17th, 2011, 10:08 PM

O How I would love to be an immortal that could survive the voyage to the new world without dying of w/e due to 200 centuries of traveling in space

**nikvoodoo** · Sep 17th, 2011, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by usmcludwig

O How I would love to be an immortal that could survive the voyage to the new world without dying of w/e due to 200 centuries of traveling in space

It actually would be quicker for you as the light speed traveler. As I understand it, while time would still pass for you, it wouldn't be the two centuries everyone else experiences (That's what the whole relativity theory is based on). So on Earth, 200 centuries pass, but you riding the light beam less time would elapse for you.

Now.....if only light speed was possible....

**Solanine** · Sep 18th, 2011, 02:02 AM

Its a shame but 7oddisdead is right, I can't see us reaching out to other solar systems. Just not feasible at least within the next 50-100 years unless a huge breakthrough is made.