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First Image of Extrasolar Planet Confirmed

Posted by timothy on from the congratulations-it's-a-planet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The year-long controversy about whether the European Southern Observatory had indeed captured the first picture of an extrasolar planet has apparently been resolved. Journal publication today of a fuzzy image of this Jupiter-sized, extrasolar planet led Christophe Dumas, a member of the discovery team, to say enthusiastically: 'The thrill of seeing this faint source of light in real-time on the instrument display was unbelievable. Although it is surely much bigger than a terrestrial-size object, it is a strange feeling that it may indeed be the first planetary system beyond our own ever imaged.'"

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  1. Science Project by dance2die · · Score: 2, Funny

    Argh, my science project is now ruined..

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  2. Re:What's interesting about this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "That, and it's orbiting a brown dwarf."

    Excuse me, but the politically correct term is Ethnic Little Person. Mmkay?

  3. Its not a proper planet by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    untill it has a starbucks

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    1. Re:Its not a proper planet by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Planet Starbucks?

      Is that in the Microsoft Galaxy, near the IBM Stellar Sphere?

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  4. Can't believe this hasn't been said yet. by isny · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's not a planet...
    It's a space station

  5. No funny making by BigBuckHunter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Holy Crap!

    A planet discovered by a scientist named "Dumass" and not a single +5 funny yet?

    BBH

  6. Re:What's interesting about this... by MarkRose · · Score: 2, Funny

    With much more resolution, they'll soon be able to capture Kirstie Alley's ass! Mmmmm... I look forward to that.

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  7. I'm so Hubbled by Lotharjade · · Score: 2, Funny

    Point the Hubble at that sucker. Either we find out a bunch of neat sciency things, or we find out its Admiral Thrawns secret hidden research facility. Either way its a win!

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