by . ellie zolfagharifard . pivoting planets that lean one way and then change direction could be ideal places for alien life to thrive . by . travelmail reporter . published : . 04:47 est , 24 march 2014 . | . updated : . 10:38 est , 24 march 2014 . this is according to a nasa research team who claim ` wobbling ' worlds would expose their surfaces to a more even heat from their suns . the theory suggests that planets further out from their stars - outside what is known as the habitable zone - could be kept from turning into icy worlds . a drunken planet ? tilted orbits might make some planets wobble like a top that 's almost done spinning , an effect that could maintain liquid water on the surface . and with some water remaining liquid on the surface long-term , such planets could maintain favourable conditions for life , scientists claim . ` planets like these are far enough from their stars that it would be easy to write them off as frozen , and poor targets for exploration , but in fact , they might be well-suited to supporting life , ' said shawn domagal-goldman , a nasa astrobiologist . ` this could expand our idea of what a habitable planet looks like and where habitable planets might be found . ' where are these wobbling worlds ? scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this wobbling effect could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . there , the orbits of two enormous planets were found to be inclined at an angle of 30 degrees relative to each other . compared to our solar system , that arrangement looks extreme . the orbits of earth and its seven neighboring planets differ by seven degrees at most . five people have been killed after a plane carrying a group of skydivers crashed and burst into flames as family members of those aboard watched in horror . witnesses said the cessna 206 disintegrated in a fireball after coming down shortly after taking off from the caboolture airfield , north of brisbane , australia , about 11.30 am on saturday . police said there were five people on board and no survivors . a couple from new zealand who leave behind six children are believed to have been on board . wreckage : sky new reports on the plane crash in which five people died near brisbane . plane crash : five people , including a new zealand couple who had six children , were killed after the aircraft plunged to the ground . rahuia -lrb- rahi -rrb- hohua died alongside fiance joseph king and three others when the plane crashed . even the tilted orbit of the dwarf planet pluto , which really stands out , is offset by a relatively modest 17 degrees . tilted orbits might make some planets wobble like a top that 's almost done spinning - an effect that could maintain liquid water on the surface . the team at the university of washington , weber state university and nasa looked at planets that have the same mass as earth , orbit a sun-like star and have one or two gas giants orbiting nearby . hohua , . from hamilton , and king - from auckland - lived in logan , queensland , . and had six children between them . hohua was a mother of two and king a . father of four . police have . yet to release the names of the dead , but the three others on the plane . were understood to be skydiving instructors glenn norman and juraj . glesk and the pilot . a police spokesman said it was believed some of the families of those killed were at the airfield to watch the skydive . in some cases , gravitational pulls from those massive planets could change the orientation of the terrestrial world 's rotation within tens to hundreds of thousands of years -- a blink of an eye in geologic terms . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . last message : joseph king , who was killed in the crash , posted on facebook the morning of the skydive . it 's understood two skydiving companies operate from caboolture airfield , which has been shut down by police . two . investigators from the australian transport safety bureau were . travelling to caboolture from brisbane and three more were due to arrive . from canberra later on saturday . a bureau spokesman said they would examine the wreckage , interview witnesses and study the weather to find out what went wrong . airport safety officer bryan carpenter said he saw the crash , adding that the plane , which was loaded with high-octane fuel , was destroyed by flames within a minute of impact . alien life : the theory suggests that planets further out from their stars - outside what is known as the habitable zone - could be kept from turning into icy worlds . ` knowing that this kind of planetary system existed raised the question of whether a world could be habitable under such conditions , ' said rory barnes , a scientist at the university of washington in seattle who was part of the team that studied the orbits of the two andromedae planets . earth 's history indicates that the amount of sunlight glaciers receive strongly affects how much they grow and melt . extreme wobbling , like that seen in some models in this study , would cause the poles to point directly at the sun from time to time , melting the glaciers . as a result , some planets would be able to maintain liquid water on the surface despite being located nearly twice as far from their stars as earth is from the sun . ` in those cases , the habitable zone could be extended much farther from the star than we normally expect , ' said professor armstrong , the lead author of the paper . ` rather than working against habitability , the rapid changes in the orientation of the planet could turn out be a real boon sometimes . ' he said the plane veered to the left after take-off before plunging to the ground and catching fire . rip : tributes paid on facebook to joseph king and his financee rahuia hohua who were killed in the plane crash . it took firefighters 10 minutes to douse the inferno , with another witness saying the fire was out of control when he arrived on the scene . ` it was hard getting close . you ca n't put that type of fire out with hand-held extinguishers , ' mark thompson from the caboolture warplane museum said . both carpenter and thompson said it was the worst crash they 'd seen at the airport . ` they 've had a couple of incidents here but nothing like this , ' according to thompson , who ran about 200 metres to the scene after hearing a loud thud and seeing a plume of smoke . carpenter , who has worked at caboolture for 14 years , said the crash could have been caused by any number of things . ` one of the things one would expect would be an engine failure , but the engine was delivering power on touch down , '' he said . ` so it 's something mechanical i would say ... or the pilot could have blacked out -- any number of scenarios ; it 's a bit like mh370 at the moment , we just do n't know . ' meanwhile , . air crash investigators failed to find out three years ago why a plane . associated with the company involved in saturday 's accident conducted a . forced landing on a gravel road , leaving two skydivers severely injured .
safety officer says plane was destroyed by flames within minute of impact . new zealand couple with six children believed to be on board flight . plane veered to the left after take-off before plunging to the ground .
around the star upsilon andromedae . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . there , the orbits of two enormous planets were found to be inclined at an angle of 30 degrees relative to each other . compared to our solar system , that arrangement looks extreme . the orbits of earth and its seven neighboring planets differ by seven degrees at most . five people have been killed after a plane carrying a group of skydivers crashed and burst into flames as family members of those aboard watched in horror . witnesses said the cessna 206 disintegrated in a fireball after coming down shortly after taking off from the caboolture airfield , north of brisbane , australia , about 11.30 am on saturday . police said there were five people on board and no survivors . a couple from new zealand who leave behind six children are believed to have been on board . wreckage : sky new reports on the plane crash in which five people died near brisbane . plane crash : five people , including a new zealand couple who had six children , were killed after the aircraft plunged to the ground . rahuia -lrb- rahi -rrb- hohua died alongside fiance joseph king and three others when the plane crashed . even the tilted orbit of the dwarf planet pluto , which really stands out , is offset by a relatively modest 17 degrees . tilted orbits might make some planets wobble like a top that 's almost done spinning - an effect that could maintain liquid water on the surface . the team at the university of washington , weber state university and nasa looked at planets that have the same mass as earth , orbit a sun-like star and have one or two gas giants orbiting nearby . hohua , . from hamilton , and king - from auckland - lived in logan , queensland , . and had six children between them . hohua was a mother of two and king a . father of four . police have . yet to release the names of the dead , but the three others on the plane . were understood to be skydiving instructors glenn norman and juraj . glesk and the pilot . a police spokesman said it was believed some of the families of those killed were at the airfield to watch the skydive . in some cases , gravitational pulls from those massive planets could change the orientation of the terrestrial world 's rotation within tens to hundreds of thousands of years -- a blink of an eye in geologic terms . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . last message : joseph king , who was killed in the crash , posted on facebook the morning of the skydive . it 's understood two skydiving companies operate from caboolture airfield , which has been shut down by police . two . investigators from the australian transport safety bureau were . travelling to caboolture from brisbane and three more were due to arrive . from canberra later on saturday . a bureau spokesman said they would examine the wreckage , interview witnesses and study the weather to find out what went wrong . airport safety officer bryan carpenter said he saw the crash , adding that the plane , which was loaded with high-octane fuel , was destroyed by flames within a minute of impact . alien life : the theory suggests that planets further out from their stars - outside what is known as the habitable zone - could be kept from turning into icy worlds . ` knowing that this kind of planetary system existed raised the question of whether a world could be habitable under such conditions , ' said rory barnes , a scientist at the university of washington in seattle who was part of the team that studied the orbits of the two andromedae planets . earth 's history indicates that the amount of sunlight glaciers receive strongly affects how much they grow and melt . extreme wobbling , like that seen in some models in this study , would cause the poles to point directly at the sun from time to time , melting the glaciers . as a result , some planets would be able to maintain liquid water on the surface despite being located nearly twice as far from their stars as earth is from the sun . ` in those cases , the habitable zone could be extended much farther from the star than we normally expect , ' said professor armstrong , the lead author of the paper . ` rather than working against habitability , the rapid changes in the orientation of the planet could turn out be a real boon sometimes . ' he said the plane veered to the left after take-off before plunging to the ground and catching fire . rip : tributes paid on facebook to joseph king and his financee rahuia hohua who were killed in the plane crash . it took firefighters 10 minutes to douse the inferno , with another witness saying the fire was out of control when he arrived on the scene . ` it was hard getting close . you ca n't put that type of fire out with hand-held extinguishers , ' mark thompson from the caboolture warplane museum said . both carpenter and thompson said it was the worst crash they 'd seen at the airport . ` they 've had a couple of incidents here but nothing like this , ' according to thompson , who ran about 200 metres to the scene after hearing a loud thud and seeing a plume of smoke . carpenter , who has worked at caboolture for 14
by . ellie zolfagharifard . pivoting planets that lean one way and then change direction could be ideal places for alien life to thrive . by . travelmail reporter . published : . 04:47 est , 24 march 2014 . | . updated : . 10:38 est , 24 march 2014 . this is according to a nasa research team who claim ` wobbling ' worlds would expose their surfaces to a more even heat from their suns . the theory suggests that planets further out from their stars - outside what is known as the habitable zone - could be kept from turning into icy worlds . a drunken planet ? tilted orbits might make some planets wobble like a top that 's almost done spinning , an effect that could maintain liquid water on the surface . and with some water remaining liquid on the surface long-term , such planets could maintain favourable conditions for life , scientists claim . ` planets like these are far enough from their stars that it would be easy to write them off as frozen , and poor targets for exploration , but in fact , they might be well-suited to supporting life , ' said shawn domagal-goldman , a nasa astrobiologist . ` this could expand our idea of what a habitable planet looks like and where habitable planets might be found . ' where are these wobbling worlds ? scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this wobbling effect could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . there , the orbits of two enormous planets were found to be inclined at an angle of 30 degrees relative to each other . compared to our solar system , that arrangement looks extreme . the orbits of earth and its seven neighboring planets differ by seven degrees at most . five people have been killed after a plane carrying a group of skydivers crashed and burst into flames as family members of those aboard watched in horror . witnesses said the cessna 206 disintegrated in a fireball after coming down shortly after taking off from the caboolture airfield , north of brisbane , australia , about 11.30 am on saturday . police said there were five people on board and no survivors . a couple from new zealand who leave behind six children are believed to have been on board . wreckage : sky new reports on the plane crash in which five people died near brisbane . plane crash : five people , including a new zealand couple who had six children , were killed after the aircraft plunged to the ground . rahuia -lrb- rahi -rrb- hohua died alongside fiance joseph king and three others when the plane crashed . even the tilted orbit of the dwarf planet pluto , which really , but the three others on the plane . were understood to be skydiving instructors glenn norman and juraj . glesk and the pilot . a police spokesman said it was believed some of the families of those killed were at the airfield to watch the skydive . in some cases , gravitational pulls from those massive planets could change the orientation of the terrestrial world 's rotation within tens to hundreds of thousands of years -- a blink of an eye in geologic terms . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . last message : joseph king , who was killed in the crash , posted on facebook the morning of the skydive . it 's understood two skydiving companies operate from caboolture airfield , which has been shut down by police . two . investigators from the australian transport safety bureau were . travelling to caboolture from brisbane and three more were due to arrive . from canberra later on saturday . a bureau spokesman said they would examine the wreckage , interview witnesses and study the weather to find out what went wrong . airport safety officer bryan carpenter said he saw the crash , adding that the plane , which was loaded with high-octane fuel , was destroyed by flames within a minute of impact . alien life : the theory suggests that planets . as a result , some planets would be able to maintain liquid water on the surface despite being located nearly twice as far from their stars as earth is from the sun . ` in those cases , the habitable zone could be extended much farther from the star than we normally expect , ' said professor armstrong , the lead author of the paper . ` rather than working against habitability , the rapid changes in the orientation of the planet could turn out be a real boon sometimes . ' he said the plane veered to the left after take-off before plunging to the ground and catching fire . rip : tributes paid on facebook to joseph king and his financee rahuia hohua who were years , said the crash could have been caused by any number of things . ` one of the things one would expect would be an engine failure , but the engine was delivering power on touch down , '' he said . ` so it 's something mechanical i would say ... or the pilot could have blacked out -- any number of scenarios ; it 's a bit like mh370 at the moment , we just do n't know . ' meanwhile , . air crash investigators failed to find out three years ago why a plane . associated with the company involved in saturday 's accident conducted a . forced landing on a gravel road , leaving two skydivers severely injured .
by. ellie zolfagharifard. pivoting planets that lean one then change could ideal places alien life. by. travelmail reporter. published :. 04:47 est, 24 march. |. updated :. 10:38 est, 24 march 2014. this according a nasa research team claim ` wobbling ' worlds would expose their surfaces a more even heat from their suns. the theory suggests planets further - outside what kept turning icy worlds. a drunken planet? tilted orbits might make some planets like a top that 's almost done spinning, an effect maintain liquid water. and with some water remaining liquid long-term, such planets maintain favourable conditions scientists claim ` planets like these far enough easy write frozen, poor targets exploration, in, might well supporting, ' shawn domagal-goldman a nasa astrobiologist. ` this could expand our idea a habitable planet where habitable planets. 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' he the plane veered to after before plunging catching. rip : tributes paid on facebook to joseph king and his financee rahuia hohua who the plane crash. it took firefighters 10 douse, with another witness out when ` it hard getting close. you ca n't put that type fire out with hand-held extinguishers, ' mark thompson from the caboolture warplane museum said. both carpenter thompson said it the worst crash 'd seen at the airport. ` they 've had a couple incidents here but nothing, ' according thompson, ran about 200 metres after. carpenter, who worked caboolture the crash could any number things. ` one one would would an engine failure, delivering power on touch '' he. ` so it 's something mechanical i would... or the pilot could blacked -- any number scenarios ; it 's bit mh370 at, we just do n't. 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around the star upsilon andromedae . though it might seem far-fetched for a world to experience such see-sawing action , scientists have already spotted an arrangement of planets where this could happen , in orbit around the star upsilon andromedae . there , the orbits of two enormous planets were found to be inclined at an angle of 30 degrees relative to each other . compared to our solar system , that arrangement looks extreme . the orbits of earth and its seven neighboring planets differ by seven degrees at most . five people have been killed after a plane carrying a group of skydivers crashed and burst into flames as family members of those aboard watched in horror . witnesses said the cessna 206 disintegrated in a fireball after coming down shortly after taking off from the caboolture airfield , north of brisbane , australia , about 11.30 am on saturday . police said there were five people on board and no survivors . a couple from new zealand who leave behind six children are believed to have been on board . wreckage : sky new reports on the plane crash in which five people died near brisbane . plane crash : five people , including a new zealand couple who had six children , were killed after the aircraft plunged to the ground . rahuia -lrb- rahi -rrb- hohua died alongside fiance joseph king and three others when the plane crashed . even the tilted orbit of the dwarf planet pluto , which really was killed in the crash , posted on facebook the morning of the skydive . it 's understood two skydiving companies operate from caboolture airfield , which has been shut down by police . two . investigators from the australian transport safety bureau were . travelling to caboolture from brisbane and three more were due to arrive . from canberra later on saturday . a bureau spokesman said they would examine the wreckage , interview witnesses and study the weather to find out what went wrong . airport safety officer bryan carpenter said he saw the crash , adding that the plane , which was loaded with high-octane fuel , was destroyed by flames within a minute of impact . alien life : the theory suggests that planets further out from their stars - outside what is known as the habitable zone - could be kept from turning into icy worlds . ` knowing that this kind of planetary system existed raised the question of whether a world could be habitable under such conditions , ' said rory barnes , a scientist at the university of washington in seattle who was part of the team that studied the orbits of the two andromedae planets . earth 's history indicates that the amount of sunlight glaciers receive strongly affects how much they grow and melt . extreme wobbling , like that seen in some models in this study , would cause the poles to point directly at the sun from time to time , melting the glaciers . as a result , some planets would be able to maintain liquid water on the surface despite being located nearly twice as far from their stars as earth is from the sun . ` in those cases , the habitable zone could be extended much farther from the star than we normally expect , ' said professor armstrong , the lead author of the paper . ` rather than working against habitability , the rapid changes in the orientation of the planet could turn out be a real boon sometimes . ' he said the plane veered to the left after take-off before plunging to the ground and catching fire . rip : tributes paid on facebook to joseph king and his financee rahuia hohua who were killed in the plane crash . it took firefighters 10 minutes to douse the inferno , with another witness saying the fire was out of control when he arrived on the scene . ` it was hard getting close . you ca n't put that type of fire out with hand-held extinguishers , ' mark thompson from the caboolture warplane museum said . both carpenter and thompson said it was the worst crash they 'd seen at the airport . ` they 've had a couple of incidents here but nothing like this , ' according to thompson , who ran about 200 metres to the scene after hearing a loud thud and seeing a plume of smoke . carpenter , who has worked at caboolture for 14
 The text describes a tragic event where five people died in a plane crash, including a couple and their six children. The plane was carrying a group of skydivers when it crashed into flames near Brisbane, Australia. The incident occurred on Saturday morning, and police reported that there were no survivors. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.