Billions of Planets In Milky Way?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 5, 2006 @04:08AM from the billions-and-billions dept.

jeffsenter writes, "The Washington Post has the story: 'NASA scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered what they believe are 16 new planets deep in the Milky Way, leading them to conclude there are probably billions of planets spread throughout the galaxy.' What sets these potential planets apart is they are in the central bulge of the Milky Way where most stars are located. More planets in the galaxy means more chances for life." The 16 are planet candidates at this point, until verified by spectroscopic measurement of their parent stars' wobbles, which probably can't be done until the James Webb Space Telescope files in 2013.

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Re:ISR by Eudial · 2006-10-05 04:25 · Score: 0, Flamebait

In Soviet Russia, space telescope looks at YOU!

Right, in this part of the world we've got surveillance cameras to do that.

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Re:ISR by xate · 2006-10-05 04:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

AND in our current United Soviet States.

Blue is the new red!