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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. What's the point of all this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously...why does this country spends billions of dollars a year looking into space when there so many problems down the block to worry about. Not trolling..I'd really like to know what this gets us.

  2. HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    they finnaly found the moons too!

  3. Re:Let's use some familiar units people! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    shut the fuck up, you fag...