Tatooine-like Planet Discovered 403
ATP writes "CNN is reporting that a planet has been discovered in a solar system with 3 suns. The observation brings into doubt the theory stating that planets form from the dust orbiting around a single sun. The discovery also resulted in a new method of searching for extrasolar planets-- until now most searching focused only on single-sun systems."
First Post Mind Trick (Score:5, Funny)
This is not the planet we're looking for.
Move along.
Move along.
More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:5, Funny)
"Really, I had always wanted it to be 3 suns, and now we have the technology to produce my original vision"
A long time ago... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Name that star... (Score:4, Funny)
Does it also contain.... (Score:5, Funny)
Like Tatooine? (Score:5, Funny)
No love for Pitch Black [imdb.com]?
Besides, Vin Diesel can kick Chewbacca's ass. He can do anything [4q.cc].
Re:Does it also contain.... (Score:1, Funny)
That's no planet (Score:2, Funny)
Re:not like Tatooine... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:5, Funny)
I could have sworn that the third one was called Hervé.
Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:3, Funny)
And now for something completely different... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not really Tatooine-like... (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, I've trouble getting to the bathroom which at this moment seems far, far away.
I'd say a 149 kajillion light years is definitely far, far away.
Re:Not really Tatooine-like... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The effects of 3 suns (Score:3, Funny)
Fictional? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm just waiting for the first DS9 like wormhole to the delta quadrant to be discovered. Hell I'd settle for the most nasal starship captain that doesn't have a clue.
Facts about Tatooine (Score:3, Funny)
* You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
* The womp rats are about 2 meters in length.
* The sand is coarse and rough and irritating, and gets everywhere.
Re:More changes for next release of star wars... (Score:4, Funny)
My concern is that in the next release Alderaan is going to shoot first.
-Peter
Re:The effects of 3 suns (Score:4, Funny)
And you base this one what? An empirical basis of exactly 1 instance? Pretty presumptious of you.
Not really. Since life evolved once, the probability of life evolving is greater than zero. Ergo, given arbitrarily sufficient time, the probability of life having evolved will approach 100%. Unfortunately, time required for life to evolve may exceed the lifespan of even the universe. The grandparent post is technically correct, but it's not a particularly useful form of correct.
Re:Facts about Tatooine (Score:3, Funny)
Personally, I think it's a shame that people have to slander everyone from Tatooine just because they've gotten a bad impression from the people in Mos Eisley.
Re:Wonderful, egalitarian, homogenous universe (Score:3, Funny)
So to summarize, there are habitable planets out there, but none of them are close to us or close to each other.