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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 05:35 PM
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First extrasolar planet identified visually!


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27702538/

It's a shitty image, but this is how we got started with planets in our own solar system, so it's not all bad. Pretty amazing, considering that planets in other solar system have usually only been found through measuring their interaction with a star.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 06:07 PM
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1. Look out!
There's a vintage Cylon Base Star hiding in the nebula!
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 06:10 PM
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2. What's it doing so close to God's clitoris?
Or... IS it God's clitoris?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 06:11 PM
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3. Hey, my great great great great grandchildren will be spawned there!
:wow:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 06:12 PM
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4. Just think; use your imagination...
An entire planet of beings who have not yet been Rick Rolled or heard the Brazillion joke.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 06:18 PM
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5. I call bullshit.
Prove me wrong, people. Prove me wrong!
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 07:00 PM
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6. Prove that you're not a figment of my imagination.
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