Da! da! da! Super-Earth!

Ian Darling

PARIS (AFP) - European astronomers announced they had found a "super-Earth" orbiting a star some 50 light years away, a finding that could significantly boost the hunt for worlds beyond our Solar System. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&e=4&u=%2Fafp%2Fspace_astronomy_planets[^] (via The Panda's Thumb[^]) Maybe we should just call it Krypton :-D

Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

KaRl

Damn, you were faster than me[^] :-D For Eurosceptics, do you see what the collaboration between European countries can do? :cool:

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Ian Darling

KaЯl wrote: Damn, you were faster than me[^] :-D It's being under that yellow sun, you know :-D

Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

73Zeppelin

I'm sure someone in the Lounge can come up with a joke about "How many European countries does it take to find a single planet?" :cool:

Emilio Garavaglia

John Theal wrote: "How many European countries does it take to find a single planet?" I'm shure they will be less than US states ! :laugh::laugh: 2 bugs found. > recompile ... 65534 bugs found. :doh:

73Zeppelin

? Missed that one...

Emilio Garavaglia

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: