Friday, August 04, 2006

Strange 'twin' new worlds found

A pair of strange new worlds that blur the boundaries between planets and stars have been discovered beyond our Solar System.

A few dozen such objects have been identified in recent years but this is the first set of "twins".

Dubbed "planemos", they circle each other rather than orbiting a star.

Their existence challenges current theories about the formation of planets and stars, astronomers report in the journal Science.

2 comments:

  1. I *hated* "When Worlds Collide."

    Why?

    Because the Earth and the other planet are about to *collide*, right? So how does the human race save itself? By flying a rocket to the other planet.

    *This makes no sense.*

    If the planets are colliding, then the other planet is going to be in as bad a shape as the Earth. But, miraculously, this point goes without mention.

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  2. WMB,

    Ohhhh... Hmmm. Missed that. :-O

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