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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 01:07 PM
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Kepler discovers "Tatooine-like planet" orbiting a binary star system
Tune in for the news conference: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

As I predicted yesterday BTW. :)

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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 01:11 PM
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1. If Tatooine was a gas giant
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 01:16 PM
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4. Apparently it's half rock and half gas.
He's explaining it now.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 01:11 PM
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2. This is not the planet you are looking for.
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 08:03 PM
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10. This is not the planet I am looking for.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 01:13 PM
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3. If there's a bright center to the Universe, this is the planet that it's farthest from. n/t
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 04:25 PM
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5. only to be immediately CGIed into inhuman lameness by Lucas
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 04:28 PM
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7. Noooooo!!!! n/t
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 04:26 PM
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6. Am I the only one annoyed at how much the coverage of this plays up the Star Wars analogies? (nt)
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 04:36 PM
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8. What other analogy is there?
This is brand new stuff, predicted by sci-fi. I like it!
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-11 09:18 AM
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9. At least it's a change from playing up Star Trek analogies.
I admit, I'm grasping at straws here.
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