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First ever PICTURE of extrasolar planet taken
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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...e_solar_system
Absolutely incredible. Just a few more years the James Webb telescope will be launched and we'll have a huge (as in a mirror nearly 3x larger than Hubble!) telescope array up in space to take even more detailed pictures.
I can't wait for more pictures. We might even get a few glimpses of Earth-sized planets.
This is totally cool, it's like a dream just came true. 
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by olePigeon 
This is totally cool, it's like a dream just came true.
Woah, hold your horses there.
There's absolutely no proof whatsoever that said planet is full of Orion slave girls.
'Tis pretty cool though, all the same.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Woah, hold your horses there.
There's absolutely no proof whatsoever that said planet is full of Orion slave girls.
'Tis pretty cool though, all the same.
Surely even you must have some dreams that don’t involve Orion slave girls?
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Surely even you must have some dreams that don’t involve Orion slave girls?
Nightmares ?
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I heard they were nymphomaniacs, not slaves.
But nice pic nonetheless!
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
Is it on fire?
The planet is at the top left.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
That's no moon...
It's a trap!
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
That's no moon...
dum dum dum, dum de dum, dum de dum
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Looks like it's not quite in focus.
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Originally Posted by Eug
The planet is at the top left.
Oh that just made the pict meh.
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Originally Posted by Dual Porpoise
Looks like it's not quite in focus.
Here. I've sharpened it for you:
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yay Toronto!
/got nothin'
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Yours is much better Eug.
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"Specific knowledge on a topic usually demonstrates in-depth knowledge."
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It looks like a big-ass space-sphincter.
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Well logically a big ass in space would need a sphincter.
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