Friday, November 19, 2010

Scientists Discover a New Planet from... Another Galaxy


No joke, a new planet was discovered. 

Slightly larger than the size of Jupiter, the largest in our solar system, the newly discovered exoplanet is orbiting a star 2,000 light years from Earth that has found its way into the Milky Way.

The pair are believed to be part of the Helmi stream, a group of stars that remains after its mini-galaxy was devoured by the Milky Way some six to nine billion years ago, said the study in Science Express.

"This discovery is very exciting," said Rainer Klement of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.
"Because of the great distances involved, there are no confirmed detections of planets in other galaxies. But this cosmic merger has brought an extragalactic planet within our reach."

It feels like in a matter of time, we will find new life. Scary, but exciting.


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2 comments:

Stan said...

maybe we can send Sara Palin and all the teabaggers on a one way trip there.

Unknown said...

A galactic mash-up! I can't wait to hear more about this new planet.

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