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Study Concludes "Planet" Was Just Stellar Spots

Posted by timothy on from the waste-of-missiles dept.

Kligat writes "Back in January, it was reported that the youngest planet ever to be discovered, about ten times the mass of Jupiter, was orbiting the eight- to ten-million-year-old star TW Hydrae. Now a Spanish research team has concluded that TW Hydrae b doesn't exist, and that cold spots on the star's surface actually produced the dip in brightness instead of a transiting planet. Not as cool as if a planet had actually been there, but refutations are science, too, right?"

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  1. Re:"but refutations are science, too, right?" by sethstorm · · Score: 0, Troll

    What about if it's economic in nature, backed by right-wing think tanks, and allows for no dissent?

    Welcome to the Church of Reagan, Mises and Hayek.

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