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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:11 PM Original message |
Younger sibling to our sun's solar system has been detected |
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zelta gaisma (220 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. oooooo pretty :D |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Nice place to visit - but you wouldn't want to live there. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. and what a fine little thing it is! |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Would hate to do this to them, but perhaps Bush/McCain supporters would like a trip? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Tell them all about this great book called "To Serve Man" |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Marta and I met Lloyd Bochner and got his autograph on that episode |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That is sooooooo cool. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Wow! Your sites are fantastic. Obviously you two are great film buffs. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. That is one of my favorites along with William Shatner in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. "Its A Cookbook" |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. NO, NO, NO. I don't want to be accused of |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Yeah, we know what happens then. |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I think that's where some of them came from in the first place n/t |
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Darkseid69 (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wasn't.... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Maybe - or maybe that was 40 Eridani |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yet this younger solar system STILL has faster download speeds than in the USA |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Am I way off base here or would it take about 250,000 years to get there |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. MUCH MUCH Longer than that at our current speeds |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Longer than 250k years???!?!! |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I read on wikipedia about the Voyager 1 space probe... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Oh BTW, the speed its moving at is 38,400mph |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Don't be stupid.Earth is only 6000yrs old.Bible doesn't mention Epsilon so its not there |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. You are soooo wrong! |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Don't be modest ... |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Asswipes |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. SCIENCE IS SO AWESOME! |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. good question. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. I knew it!! I knew it!! n/t |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. Klaatu Barada Niktu! Klaatu Barada Niktu! |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. that's just a trick by the devil |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. That pic is not the real McCoy, is it? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. That's still decades away from being possible. So far, only one extrasolar planet has been... |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. How much larger before it ignites? |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. The lower limit for the mass of a star is generally... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Thanks for the full explanation. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Think of it this way, if our galaxy was scaled down to 132km |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It's an artist's impression |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. It's an artist's conception. n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. It is an artistic rendition |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's a shame they can't find one of the suns REAL siblings. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I bet there will be a way to find them. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Sure, but it's a needle in a stack of 400 billion needles. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. If the goal is to find life, finding the suns siblings is irrelevant |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Ah, but the chemistry is not the same everywhere. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Vulcan |
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