Multiple Asteroid Belts Found Orbiting Nearby Star 135
Kligat writes "Scientists have found two asteroid belts around the star Epsilon Eridani, the ninth closest star to our solar system. Epsilon Eridani also possesses an icy outer ring similar in composition to our Kuiper Belt, but with 100 times more material, and a Jovian mass planet near the edge of the innermost belt. Researchers believe that two other planets must orbit the 850 million year old star near the other two belts. Terrestrial planets are possible, but not yet indicated."
Training Grounds... (Score:0, Funny)
for future Earth Force pilots, before the civil war.
Summary neglects the important news... (Score:2, Funny)
It's one possible location for Star Trek's planet Vulcan!
Construction debris (Score:3, Funny)
heresy! (Score:5, Funny)
epsilon eridani only 850 million years old? there is no way a race as ancient and wise as the vulcan could have come from such a young star system
look, i am an avid supporter of scientific progress as much as the next slashdotter, but when these so-called astronomers report something that contradicts well-established star trek canon, i have to put my foot down and wonder at the agenda of these propagandizers
yours,
star trek fundamentalist
Re:Construction debris (Score:5, Funny)
Poor Zathras. Never any rest for Zathras.
Oh crap! (Score:3, Funny)
Do we have time to assemble a crack team of oil-rig roughnecks to land on them and nuke them? More importantly, does this mean another terrible Aerosmith song?!?
Re:heresy! (Score:3, Funny)
This is Omicron Eridani. ... Epsilon Eridani exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this solar system and everything was laid waste. Admiral Kirk ...never bothered to check on our progress.
Re:heresy! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Astrologers thing they are so smart (Score:4, Funny)
I bet they can't even accurately predict what the odds are of successfully navigating through this asteroid belt.
Easy. Just stay out of plane.
Can't do that, chief, there's a star destroyer on my back.
Re:Construction debris (Score:3, Funny)