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pleco
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Posted - 10/10/2006 :  07:43:03  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with ground-based observatories, has provided definitive evidence for the existence of the nearest extrasolar planet to our solar system.

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Hubble also found that the planet's orbit is tilted 30 degrees to our line of sight, which is the same inclination as a disk of dust and gas that also encircles Epsilon Eridani. This is a particularly exciting result because, although it has long been inferred that planets form from such disks, this is the first time that the two objects have been observed around the same star.

The research team emphasized that the alignment of the planet's orbit with the dust disk provides compelling direct evidence that planets form from disks of gas and dust debris around stars.


Yet another piece of the puzzle falls into place...sucks being an unscientific poo-poo-head these days.

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beskeptigal
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Posted - 10/11/2006 :  02:37:13   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message
An unscientific poo-poo-head?
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pleco
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Posted - 10/11/2006 :  04:52:03   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message
Technical jargon.

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Neurosis
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Posted - 10/11/2006 :  09:25:53   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Neurosis an AOL message Send Neurosis a Private Message
Moron in layman's terms?

Facts! Pssh, you can prove anything even remotely true with facts.
- Homer Simpson

[God] is an infinite nothing from nowhere with less power over our universe than the secretary of agriculture.
- Prof. Frink

Lisa: Yes, but wouldn't you rather know the truth than to delude yourself for happiness?
Marge: Well... um.... [goes outside to jump on tampoline with Homer.]
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