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Rocky Planet Discovered

Posted by timothy on from the does-it-have-hotels? dept.

Fraser Cain writes "Astronomers have discovered a rocky, terrestrial planet orbiting a nearby star, Gliese 876. The planet has approximately 7.5 times the mass of the Earth, double its radius, and orbits its parent star once every two days. This is the most Earthlike extrasolar planet discovered so far." Reader Karthik Narayanaswami points out that "the planet was discovered by the famed Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy," and adds a link to the news release from Berkeley.

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  1. Let's do the time warp again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh wait... you said Rocky Planet.

  2. We could never colonise this planet.... by aXis100 · · Score: 5, Funny

    With a new year every two days, everyone would be broke buying birthday cakes.

    1. Re:We could never colonise this planet.... by EnsilZah · · Score: 4, Funny

      On the bright side, you can use one bit to record people's birthdays.

  3. Re:Hey SETI by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

    They could send them CNN or Fox News. Surely those signals are as unnatural as any.

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  4. Re:Heh by forceflow2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The wobble method is nothing compared to the weeble method. Of course, this has severe consequences when the planets fall down.

  5. Rocky Planet Discovered by VitrosChemistryAnaly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Adrian!!!

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  6. Whatever by iamdrscience · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tell me when they find the Bullwinkle planet. Bullwinkle was always funnier.

  7. Adrian!! Adrian!! by richardoz · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can hear it screaming now...

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