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Three Neptune-sized Planets Found Nearby

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cosmic-rodeo dept.

WillAffleckUW writes "CNN reports the discovery of three Neptune-sized planets found in orbit around a sun 41 light years away. The star they orbit is similar to our Sun, and the planetary distribution is probably similar to our Solar System. Recent observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope last year revealed that HD 69830 also hosts an asteroid belt, making it the only other sun-like star known to have one. No word on if they have habitable moons, or monoliths yet."

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  1. Re:What's the point of all this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First, I doubt this is costing "billions". Secondly, what country are you refering to? A bit of reading of the article and some fast research and you'd find the observatory in question is funded internationally.

    Why is it anytime any article comes up that involves space does someone have to whine "why are we spending money on this instead of fattening up the masses who refuse to be productive"? OK, so we feed the poor. What's next? Do you want us to hire them servents to wipe their asses too?

    I'm seriously not a cold person but I am sick of giving the most to the least deserving.

    What does science give us? It gives us the ability to produce so much that we have excess to give to the lazy masses who refuse to do for themselves.

    You got another question about that, shithead?