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4-inch Telescope Finds New Planet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

serutan writes "After a backyard astronomy size telescope first tracked the periodic dimming of a star 500 light-years away, the Keck I telescope in Hawaii later confirmed that a Jupiter-size planet orbits the star. A press release from Harvard gives details. This is the first result of the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, a project using small telescopes and cheap equipment to search for extrasolar planets. "

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  1. DICK CHENEY IS ON THE SPOKE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. CMDR TACO IS THE RUPERT MURDOCH OF THE NERD WORLD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    coming soon: OUTSLASHDOTTED

  3. v5 windows update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i mean,
    that
    new v5
    windows update
    is something
    else altogether.
    the
    way that green scroll
    bar slides off
    the right side
    smoothly,
    then the
    whole thing
    abruptly
    appears again on the
    left side instead
    of scrolling in.
    my mind is blown.

  4. Imagine a Beowulf... by serutan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...never mind.

  5. Microsoft sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There I said it, karma whores mod me up...

  6. Re:Proof that size doesn't matter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My wife wouldn't be horrified to learn that. She LOVES thick cocks. In fact her favorite sex toy is 3.75 inches thick. And yes, she takes every inch of it in. I am being totally serious about this. I never would have pegged my wife for a size queen when I first met her because she was a bit on the prudish side.

  7. Re:Proof that size doesn't matter by Ignignot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Jesus, it must be like throwing a brick down a hallway!

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