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Scientists Find Solar System Like Ours
mlimber writes "The NYTimes has up a story about the discovery of a solar system that is analogous to ours. Of the 250 or so exoplanets found thus far, 'few of them are in systems that even faintly resemble our own. In many cases, giant Jupiter-like planets are whizzing around inside the orbit of Mercury,' whereas in this new system, 'a planet about two-thirds of the mass of Jupiter and another about 90 percent of the mass of Saturn are orbiting a reddish star about half the mass of the Sun, at about half the distances that Jupiter and Saturn circle our own Sun.' The researchers used gravitational microlensing to detect the planets, and two of the lead authors of the paper to be published in Science are amateur astronomers, one of whom describes herself as 'an ordinary New Zealand mother.'"
A world populated by 3 foot tall humans! How cute!
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask where they're goin' and hook up with 'em later.
Will children of aliens born in this system react when they leave the red sun of OGLE-2006-BLG-109L, and grow up with the Yellow sun of Earth?
We've all known that mothers can see things no else has managed to prove.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Because her brother Rodney needed help with the maths.
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?
So do you live with your ego in the center of your "ego system", or do you merely bask in its glow from one of the planets that orbits it?
Yes it is, but it only costs about $27 million.