Friday, May 27, 2011

'Homeless' planets

Along with the discovery of Gliese 581, an evidently inhabitable planet discovered roughly 20 light years away, an international team of scientists have also discovered what they call "free floating" or "homeless" planets a few weeks ago. These homeless planets were seen because of gravitational micro-lensing which is when an object, such as a planet, with an extreme amount of mass bends light from stars in the background illuminating said planet. Scientists also believe that homeless planets may be quite common. Are they setting up a scapegoat for when Nibiru starts to be visible in the sky?

'Free floating' planets found with no star in sight -BBC
More on Gliese 581 via BBC
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19 comments:

  1. ZealotMay 27, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Wow that is a really interesting concept to thinki about. I would love to visit one, crazy to see what it would be like.

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  2. LeminurMay 27, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    Hah... Looking such planetary stuff scares me a lot! What if we get hit by such thing!?

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  3. SkipHopzMay 27, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    nibiru isnt real you moran

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  4. RaeynMay 27, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    You know there's a song about Gliese 581C?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PilONE2FjA

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  5. AlexisMay 27, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Haha that's an interesting linkage with Nibiru but I think we would've seen it by now if it was coming here next year, even by amateurs. Very interesting article though.

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  6. Skankin_PeteMay 27, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    Some pretty mind blowing stuff =)

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  7. AnonymousMay 27, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    what is nibiru, another planet on its way? soon enough there will be conspiracy theories that it was there the whole time yada yada yada haha

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  8. MetamorphictionMay 27, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    How can a planet be inhabitable and homeless at the same time? Doesn't it have to get reliable heat and light from a start it orbits?

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  9. Frantz FanonMay 27, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Such a cool concept, i can't believe they cancelled SETI.

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  10. LIKEOMGHIMay 27, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    This is pretty cool.

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  11. TVRMay 27, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    Morans aren't real you moron.
    I love all this planetary stuff, it's always been real interesting hearing about new potential home planets.

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  12. ZKMinMay 27, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    If the planet is homeless can I give it some money and make them fight each other?

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  13. AnonymousMay 27, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    I'm scared for the day Nbiru rocks up

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  14. tonyMay 28, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    This is the SAME thing I was thinking. There have been a ton of these "homeless" planets being reported by NASA and such lately.

    I'm not a believer in conspiracy. But I am very fascinated by it.

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  15. Garysip1May 28, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    could be interesting nice blog

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  16. ScrewsAndFeathersMay 28, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    Yeah, I read something about this a few days ago too. It's really interesting. All those poor planets without stars. Must be cold...

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  17. UnknownMay 28, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    Interesting stuff, I hope they wouldnt cover something like that up with this idea!

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  18. DominoMay 28, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    Poor guys :D
    Happy to live on this beautiful blue and warm planet!

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  19. RenkanoMay 28, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    Where's its pet dog and strange smell?

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