Solar System exoplanets seen!

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American Museum of Natural History researchers detected the chemical composition of 4 previously known planets around star HR 8799 (128 light years away), and found them to be extremely different from all the other known planets in the Universe.

Credit: AMNH Project 1640

Tags: Astronomy , Science , Video Clips

Mar 13, 2013 3:41 AM

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Re: Solar System exoplanets seen!

We'll be able to detect planets with water, methane, co2, raioactive fallout from nuclear wars, etc.

By: Curtius
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Makes you feel sort of insignificant, doesn't it? http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/86822/detail/

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Re: Solar System exoplanets seen!

heh, always loved that song; actually makes feel tiny when I see how few people care about the news, they are more obsessed with the color of chimney smoke...