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First picture of exo solar system! Absolutely freakin' incredible! :D
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http://www.gemini.edu/node/11151
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...tems-pictures/
Awesome! Just... wow.  Actual pictures of a different solar system. So far just 2 gas giants about 7 to 10 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting the massive star HR 8799 "only" 130 light years away. The planets appear to be pretty young because they're still radiating a lot of heat from constant contraction.
I can't wait until Herschel is in orbit and working! 2012 can't come soon enough. We'll actually be able to start imaging Earth sized planets. 
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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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Does this concern anyone?
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Play Food Fight! available free on the App Store!
Or how about a really weird (or stupid) game: Nesen Probe, it's also free.
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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He is always watching, always searching for the preciousssssssss....
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: petting the refrigerator.
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Originally Posted by sek929 
He is always watching, always searching for the preciousssssssss....
Who? Ceiling cat?
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meh
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Ceiling cat is only watching you fap.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Isle of Manhattan
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Ceiling cat is indifferent to the human's feeble discovery.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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