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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 02:36 PM
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First visible-light picture of a planet outside the solar system
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/uoc--uba110708.php
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 02:41 PM
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1. But is it a Class M planet?
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 02:44 PM
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2. Chekov, lay in a course ...
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ORDagnabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 02:44 PM
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3. does it have any oil?
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 02:46 PM
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4. ...


Caption: This 2006 Hubble Space Telescope optical image shows the belt of dust and debris (bright oval) surrounding the star Fomalhaut and the planet (inset) that orbits the star every 872 years and sculpts the inner edge of the belt. A coronagraph on the Advanced Camera for Surveys blocks out the light of the star (center), which is 100 million times brighter than the planet.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 02:59 PM
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5. Beautiful!
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 03:25 PM
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6. Imagine the excitement at the first picture
to show actual details of an exoplanet's surface.
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RedCappedBandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-13-08 03:30 PM
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7. Imagine the whole thing is covered by some alien urban sprawl
:o
Now that would be exciting!

Sigh, if only.
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