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Planetary System Similar to Sol

Posted by michael on from the new-places-to-go-to-war-against dept.

sgtwilko writes "The BBC News site has an article about how astronomers have found several new planets including some that have a similar distribution to our own Solar System. They are finding planetary systems that are more and more like the one in which the Earth resides. It's only a matter of time until the Terrestrial Planet Finder program gets going and finds another Earth." There's another story on space.com. Update: 06/13 21:51 GMT by M : Space News and Wired have stories as well, with spiffy graphics and artists' renderings and so on.

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  1. As it turns out.. by iforgotmyfirstlogon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is all just a hoax. As it turns out, a group of rival scientists went up into space and just put a REALLLY big mirror up there.

    - Freed

    --
    "Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." -Turkish Proverb
  2. Well... It'll just have to go. by Rothfuss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Start building the fleet!

    I recommend employing shiny white robots as our attack force.

    -Rothfuss

  3. Re:WOOHOO! by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jack Handey had it right:

    "I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system."

    "Whether they find a life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet."

    "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

    --
    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.