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Transit Method Reveals Many Extrasolar Planets

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the through-the-looking-glass dept.

eldavojohn writes "You might recall not too long ago the first photo of an extra solar planet or, more recently, the mapping & speculation on these planets that lie outside our own solar system. Long since those first few spotted in the 90s, we're now starting to find them in droves due to the popularity of a method that relies on the planet passing directly between the viewer on earth and the star that it orbits. Be sure to check out Space.com's list of the most interesting extra-solar planets. Will we ever find Earth 2.0 candidates?"

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  1. Earth 2.0 candidates by ciaohound · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I realize the existing crop of candidates leaves much to be desired, but is looking outside the solar system for our next president really a solution? How would you square that with the Constitutional requirement that the President be born in the US? Isn't that why Schwarzenegger can never really fulfill his political ambitions?

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  2. Re:Bowman 2.0 by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why do I have the strangest feeling that--if this message were received--George Bush would just ignore it?

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