Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Planets

Spudley writes "The BBC is reporting that the Hubble Telescope has discovered over a hundred new exoplanets - a number which almost doubles the total known. Apparently they are also expecting to be able to analyse the atmospheres of up to 20% of them. The discovery will be confirmed within the next seven days."

yay more Planets

[Braingoo]

I wonder if one of them is the planet of the apes.....Oh wait staue of libetry AGGGGGGGh that was earth!!!

More like...

[siokaos]

A hundred new specs of dust on the lens.

Wow.

[MachineShedFred]

Good think O'Keefe is going to let it fall out of the sky, because I want to have a time when Hubble doesn't see something that vastly increases our knowlege of the surrounding universe again...

That's no exoplanet!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think they've discovered the galactic salvage yard where the empire discards worn out death stars.

Overachiever

[stoneymonster]

Clearly its just trying to pad its resume now that the axe has fallen. -C

MUST SHUT DOWN HUBBLE!

[Deflagro]

Yes now I definitely see that we need to be rid of this useless piece of space junk. It does nothing apparently but further our knowledge and increase our view of the universe. Worthless piece of junk.

Are they still planning on scrapping this thing? That would be sad.

Re:It'll be interesting...

[VivianC]

The real exciting news is that they've only confirmed 18 Starbucks locations on those 100 new planets...

hmmmm....

[TheHonestTruth]

More aliens to hate us!

hmmm.... I wonder if they have oil.

<firing six shooters in the air>Bring it on!</firing six shooters in the air>

-truth

Let it die

[nearlygod]

It's a good thing that we are going to let the Hubble fall into disrepair. All of these new discoveries mean that we will have to keep revising our Science textbooks and that is an expense that our school systems cannot afford. At least when that damn telescope stops working we will can content that we know all that it is possible to know without the burden of having to keep up with these new "facts."

Sorry now

[jeorgen]

So now all those who have criticised Hubble should be sorry. They have to eat Hubble pie.

Re:Class M

[MikeDX]

Well any of them are indeed "M Class" planets then they should at least have rodden-berries.

Re:Woohoo! . . . .

[ackthpt]

More aliens to hate us!

Don't you see? It's a big left wing liberal conspiracy to get NASA to continue to repair and support that aging hulk of a telescope!

;-)

Re:It'll be interesting...

[david.given]

The real exciting news is that they've only confirmed 18 Starbucks locations on those 100 new planets...

No signs of intelligent life, then?

hmm

[Anonymous Coward]

The discovery will be confirmed within the next seven days. ...when they return our emails

Re:The mighty galaxy

[Anonymous Coward]

What practical reason would they have for teaching (what little they know) about the contants of a planet's atmosphere in another galaxy.

if they travel there somday they will need to know how to properly adjust their breathing apperatus. That is, if they recover from suspended animation successfully.

Re:yay more Planets

[tehcyder]

You could have prefaced that with "spoiler alert" you know.

Re:yay more Planets

[bungeejumper]

I thought it said "discovered a hundred new Patents"

"Hubble Discovers a Hundred New Patents"

[Adlopa]

That's what I misread this story headline as. I need to start reading some other websites...

Re:yay more Planets

[zCyl]

And in continuing the theme...

The Bush administration looks silly by the end of the movie...

Re:This doesn't surprise me

[Lechter]

But what's Eddie doing in the accretion disk? I thought he was in the space-time continuum?

Re:It'll be interesting...

[bujoojoo]

The real exciting news is that they've only confirmed 18 Starbucks locations on those 100 new planets...

Yeah, two locations each on 9 planets... Right across the street from one another...