• Question: Why is it important that we study other planets?

    Asked by Resh@science to Chris, Hayley, Jimi, Maddison, Omur on 14 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Maddison Coke

      Maddison Coke answered on 14 Mar 2016:


      The study of the very far away can sometimes lead to answers that we are looking for very close. The way waves travel over long distances can sometimes show up new and exciting discoveries what we wouldn’t have seen before. I also think that studying the far away planets and how they interact can tell us a lot about the origins of the big bang. We know what happened factions of a second after the big bang but still the origins remain a mystery.

      Although sometimes it is worth noting that we know more about space then we do about the deepest parts of our own oceans.

    • Photo: Omur Tastan

      Omur Tastan answered on 14 Mar 2016:


      To evaluate if they have resources that we can make use of 🙂 or to see if there is any sign of life on them. It would be interesting to meet some aliens:)

    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 15 Mar 2016:


      It all started because people want to try to make sense of the things around them, and the most visible things at night are the stars and planets.

      These days, it’s important because we want to find out about how things in our solar system work, so we can predict the future of our planet, and so the future of humanity.

      And there’s hope that we can find new things or new ideas that will help is with science, technology, medicine, etc.

    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 15 Mar 2016:


      If we investigate other planets we can see whether there are different objects we might not know about, and it can help us to look after ouR Earth too! We will get more knowledge about the planets around us. Also, learning new things is really cool and being able to use them to help our planet is even better!!

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