• Question: Is there a repica of Earth in another Galaxy or Solar System?

    Asked by maddiee to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 17 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sheila Kanani

      Sheila Kanani answered on 15 Mar 2011:


      There may well be, but if there is we haven’t found it yet! We are finding more and more exoplanets every day and so far they tend to be around the size of Jupiter, but before long I am sure we’ll be finding Earth size planets too!

    • Photo: Adam Tuff

      Adam Tuff answered on 15 Mar 2011:


      Not in our solar system, no, or we’d have seen it! Scientists are busy looking for things called “Exoplanets”, which are planets that orbit around other stars that aren’t our own. So far we’ve found loads, but none like our Earth. We hope one day we can find a planet like ours, as there would be a greater possibility to find life like ours there!

    • Photo: Suzie Sheehy

      Suzie Sheehy answered on 15 Mar 2011:


      I think we’ve found some pretty similar planets in other galaxies and solar systems but so far, we haven’t found any exactly like earth in terms of size, distance from a star and atmosphere, but I’m pretty confident that if we keep looking, we will! The problem then will be how to get there…

    • Photo: Geoff McBride

      Geoff McBride answered on 17 Mar 2011:


      Some scientists are talking about the Multiverse where there are slightly different copies of everything. There’s currently no real evidence or experiments to show that large scale copies exsist. By large I mean you and me.

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