Asteroid Belt Discovered Around Our Sun's "Twin"

Posted by Hemos on Monday April 25, 2005 @02:17AM from the making-it-visible dept.

loid_void writes "that the National Geographic is reporting evidence of a massive asteroid belt around a "twin" of our own sun has been found. Kim Weaver, a Spitzer Space Telescope scientist, said the finding marks "the first time that scientists have found evidence for a massive asteroid belt around a mature, sunlike star." "This region around the star is the sort of place where rocky planets [like Earth] may form," The star, dubbed HD69830, is some 41 light-years away--which, in space terms, is practically our own backyard. Part of the constellation Puppis, the star is a tad too faint to see with the unaided eye."

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Could this be by perdu · 2005-04-25 02:25 · Score: 4, Funny

The remnants of Alderaan!

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1. Re:Could this be by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-25 02:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  What kind of a geek are you, Alderaan is in a galaxy far far away.
2. Re:Could this be by fvbommel · 2005-04-25 03:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  What kind of a geek are you? Alderaan was in a galaxy far far away. (It was blown up a long, long time ago, you know)