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Several Extrasolar Planets May Be Optical Illusions

Posted by Roblimo on from the not-everything-is-what-it-seems-to-be dept.

person-0.9a writes "Seems that a few of the extrasolar planets detected via their sun's wobble might be written off according to a CNN article. You can also read it about it in New Scientist."

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  1. Are you sure that stars are existent? by WetCat · · Score: 1, Troll

    The only thing that we know about them - is that they send
    us 1-photon thick ray. It's entirely possible that we are enclosed in some sphere made as a large planetarium and the stars are just small sphere holes...
    The diameter of sphere can be 1 light year or even less...