Comments on: Pictured: The First Known Planet Orbiting a Sun-Like Star? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:57:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ira Carroll http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-22567 Ira Carroll Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:08:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-22567 What are the three planet names? What are the three planet names?

]]> By: jessica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-19458 jessica Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:59:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-19458 "I like cheese!" Jessica Simpson Ha ha Duh! “I like cheese!” Jessica Simpson Ha ha Duh!

]]> By: Jef http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7541 Jef Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:18:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7541 Maybe it was a wandering planet that got pulled in. Maybe it was a wandering planet that got pulled in.

]]> By: alanborky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7532 alanborky Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:39:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7532 Steve R.: "with every new discovery there are more questions!" The only time Science is REALLY Science is when it's asking more and more interesting questions. The moment I hear a scientist say, "We know...", I cringe, because he or she has ceased to be a scientist. We don't even know why matter is 'solid', (hence the search for the hypothetical Higgsboson), or what gravity is, (hence the decades old search for the hypothetical graviton). That's why I always say, "God bless the engineers!", because just as some scientist is saying, "We know...", some engineer, somewhere, will be utilising some new technical innovation to show we don't KNOW any such thing at all! And speaking of 'God blesses', God bless Eliza Strickland for all her hard work on our behalf! Steve R.: “with every new discovery there are more questions!”

The only time Science is REALLY Science is when it’s asking more and more interesting questions. The moment I hear a scientist say, “We know…”, I cringe, because he or she has ceased to be a scientist. We don’t even know why matter is ’solid’, (hence the search for the hypothetical Higgsboson), or what gravity is, (hence the decades old search for the hypothetical graviton).

That’s why I always say, “God bless the engineers!”, because just as some scientist is saying, “We know…”, some engineer, somewhere, will be utilising some new technical innovation to show we don’t KNOW any such thing at all!

And speaking of ‘God blesses’, God bless Eliza Strickland for all her hard work on our behalf!

]]> By: Steve R. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7517 Steve R. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:54:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7517 This picture is simply amazing! I guess with every new discovery there are more questions! This picture is simply amazing! I guess with every new discovery there are more questions!

]]> By: Eliza Strickland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7501 Eliza Strickland Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:57:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7501 @VM: In fact, astronomers have discovered a few dozen of these free-floaters. They're officially named planetary mass objects, but are sometimes called "planemos." SPACE.com had <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060803_planemo_twins.html" rel="nofollow">this good article</a> about the discovery of a pair of planemos a couple of years back. @VM:

In fact, astronomers have discovered a few dozen of these free-floaters. They’re officially named planetary mass objects, but are sometimes called “planemos.” SPACE.com had this good article about the discovery of a pair of planemos a couple of years back.

]]> By: VM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7500 VM Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:37:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7500 "previous exoplanets have either been spotted floating freely through space, independent of any star, ..." No free-floating planets have been found as current technology of locating exoplanets simply can't do that. Makes you wonder how accurate the article is at all... “previous exoplanets have either been spotted floating freely through space, independent of any star, …”

No free-floating planets have been found as current technology of locating exoplanets simply can’t do that. Makes you wonder how accurate the article is at all…

]]> By: Damien http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7498 Damien Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:07:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7498 A planet that far from its star would be very unlikely to harbor life due to climate. A planet that far from its star would be very unlikely to harbor life due to climate.

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7488 Dave Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:26:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7488 Surely the first known planet orbiting a sun-like star was one in our own solar system ! Surely the first known planet orbiting a sun-like star was one in our own solar system !

]]> By: Reelix http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/comment-page-1/#comment-7486 Reelix Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:42:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/09/15/pictured-the-first-known-planet-orbiting-a-sun-like-star/#comment-7486 A lone planet orbiting a Sun? Don't suppose anyone has checked it for life yet? :) A lone planet orbiting a Sun?

Don’t suppose anyone has checked it for life yet? :)

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