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New Telescope Hunts for Earth Sized Planets

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-see-what-i-see dept.

TENxOXR writes "The French-led Corot mission has taken off from Kazakhstan on a quest to find planets outside our Solar System. The space telescope will monitor about 120,000 stars for tiny dips in brightness that result from planets passing across their faces. The multinational mission will also study the stars directly to uncover more about their interior behavior."

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  1. Re:Obligatory surrender joke... by Dunbal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and the USA version.

    Will the US try to invade the planets the french discover?

          Wait wait you missed a part:

          Will the US try to invade the planet, fail, run away, and then deny it was interested in the planet in the first place?

          There, all fixed...

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  2. FrCost pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    numbers c0nti0nue