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Planetary System Similar to Sol Discovered
Anonymous Coward writes: "The Washington Post is carrying its own copy about a planetary system very similar to Sol in the Big Dipper. 47 Ursae Majoris has at least two large gas giants in circular orbits, similar to many of Sol's satellites, and the possibility exists for smaller, currently undetectable rocky planets closer to the primary. Circular orbits are less common than highly elliptical orbits, and are more promising. Read the whole article to find out why."
Forget talking to them, what about playing quake with them? 45 light-years?! Thats a ping of 141 Billion. I guess I can forget trying to headshot a grey any time soon...
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I wish! Spurs could really need one, after that traitor left for A*senal.
Maybe things become more serious once all of the obvious jokes are used up.
Ok, they're about 45 light years away, which means that they're probably watching I Love Lucy, a great comedy show. Sadly, by decoding the signal, they're violating the DMCA. I'm sorry, but they're going to have to be arrested. Anyone know if California courts take Buckazoids for bail?
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it's a sig, wtf?
No, wait, it's not a coincidence the parent is posted in this thread! This is how we can communicate with the inhabitants of these new planets -- post our messages to them on Slashdot and by the time we hit "submit" the aliens' response will already be on its way back to us.
By comparison, Jupiter exerts a wobble on the sun of 40 feet per second. Earth, being much lighter, exerts a wobble of about 4 inches per second, Fischer said.
It doesn't matter how scientific the context is, the word "wobble" just makes me giggle like a fool.
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Hmm, the meaning of life would be second on my list, right behind "women". Discovering aliens seems like it could contribute to that goal.
Actually you could put the two together and pursue "alien women". We know that the most of the people who read slashdot have more of a chance getting a date with an "alien woman" than a date with an "earth woman".
Maybe that's why see a lot of space stories on slashdot.
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i'm probably going to be modded down for this post but i'm going to post it anyway.
why does discussions about any science/space article has to be ruined by people who do nothing else but posts idiotic comments that has nothing to do with the article, and then some even greater idiot mods them up and we end up having like 10 comments who are at 5 Funny ? This usually kills all serious discussion on the subject. There are actually people who prefer to read something smart and not just your idiotic comments.
Goto segfault.org and be funny there!!! stop posting if you dont have anything serious to say!!!
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