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Extrasolar Planet Spotted Thanks To Dust Clumps

Posted by timothy on from the sometimes-my-stuff-is-found-this-way-too dept.

wishus writes "Looking for clumps in the dust around a star allows astronomers to find new planets, like this one, that would be undetectable by gravitational wobble methods."

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  1. Funny Words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow. That summary has two funny words in it: wobble and clump.... "She's gotta a hella wobble in her clump" one might say. It makes me laugh.

  2. I'll have to look around my house now by VikingBerserker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll bet there are a few solar systems hiding near the corners of my basement...