Exoplanet Candidates Revealed

An anonymous reader writes "Last summer, NASA announced that the Kepler space telescope had identified more than 700 exoplanet 'candidates' from the first few months of observations in 2009. Only 312 of the candidates were initially made public, while 400 others (click the green search button) were sequestered until February 2011. The team is soon expected to announce that a large number of these candidates have been confirmed as exoplanets. A non-profit organization in Boulder, Colorado supports scientific research on the Kepler data through $10 adopt-a-star donations. The price is $100 for confirmed exoplanets, so hurry while these 700+ stars are still 'candidates'!"

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200 years from now

[suso]

Some captain will be looking at their navigation interface and there will be an option for star system naming convention and it will read

• Intergalactic Federation Official Name
• Common Name
• Localized name
• Old earth adopt-a-star naming system ($19.95 and download required)

Re:Mmmm

[Locke2005]

"Ever since the Phoenicians invented money, there has only been one answer to that question." -- Clarence Darrow