Strange New 'Twin' Worlds Found

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday August 4, 2006 @05:26AM from the galactic-misfits dept.

toomanyairmiles writes "The BBC reports on the the discovery of 'twin worlds' which orbit each other, successfully blurring the line between planets and stars. 'Their existence challenges current theories about the formation of planets and stars.' according to the Journal of Science article which reports their existence. 'The pair belongs to what some astronomers believe is a new class of planet-like objects floating through space; so-called planetary mass objects, or "planemos", which are not bound to stars.'"

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Are you on crack? by mangu · 2006-08-04 07:22 · Score: 0, Flamebait

we just never know when we'll find something new that blows the standing knowledge out of the water

Well, religious people often blow up things. They also kill, torture, or commit other atrocities.

But science doesn't work like that. With the scientific method you may find sometimes that you weren't absolutely right, but each step gets you closer to the truth.