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Dr Mordrid

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Extra-solar asteroid belt

1 May 2005, 20:48

and it looks highly unusual;

A Star Like Our Own

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/technovel_asteroid_050429.html

An asteroid belt may have been found surrounding a star much like our own Sun, according to Dr. Charles Beichman of CIT. His team used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to make the discovery.

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Jammrock

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2 May 2005, 05:58

Ah... the fun you can have with multi-billion dollar toys

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Nowhere

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#3

4 May 2005, 17:23

Hmm...how can we know it is really that unusual?...
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DukeP

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#4

5 May 2005, 07:18

"life is hard".
"Compared to what"???

Exactely.

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Umfriend

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5 May 2005, 09:21

Originally posted by DukeP

"life is hard".
"Compared to what"???

Exactely.

~~DukeP~~

I could not have said it better. Impressive quote.

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