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Astronomers Locate Solar System Very Similar To Our Own
Smivs writes "Astronomers from St Andrews University in the UK have discovered a planetary system which looks much like our own. Dr Martin Dominik told BBC news: 'We found a system with two planets that take the roles of Jupiter and Saturn in our Solar System. These two planets have a similar mass ratio and similar orbital radius and a similar orbital period. The newfound planetary system, which orbits the star OGLE-2006-BLG-109L, is more compact than our own and is about five thousand light-years away. The OGLE planets were found using a technique called gravitational micro-lensing, in which light from the faraway planets is bent and magnified by the gravity of a foreground object, in this case a another star.'" Update: 04/08 12:26 GMT by Z : This story is talking about a subject we have already discussed.
I've been saying it for years but, would it be so bad to hire "editors" who ACTUALLY READ SLASHDOT. WTF.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Whoever approves articles is at least supposed to read the front page don't you think? The article quoted isn't even from a different source, its the exact same BBC link.
before the original got bumped from my 8 article rss. That is an impressive new low.
But fercryinoutloud, this one's still on the front page!
I know you guys don't do any fact checking, but is it too much to ask that you skim the front page of your own site to make sure the article's not already been posted?
It's official. Most of you are morons.
Actually, it is disturbing...
If Sol-like systems are common, with earth planets, then why isn't the universe overrun with one or more sentient lifeforms?