aliens #2

[Aerith's Knight]

Do you know why I used that as an example? Because last year a paper was published that theorized an Earth-like planet was possibly found at that distance. Do you really think we haven't checked the space that near? There probably isn't even a solar system at that distance.

Wow, really? I was entirely unaware that we had accurately and conclusively mapped everything within an 800ly diameter sphere! I'm all about how awesome we humans and our technology are but this is fairly special even for us. Link to a map plz?

It was done by gravitational effects, and to be honest, I even doubt that paper. I was merely using it as an example to show the distances in space.

Also, here you go: http://galaxymap.org/drupal/node/45

You could try googling.

Anywho, calculating and theorizing about this stuff is what atrophycisists do.