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Old 14-06-2009, 11:35 PM
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Cool Hint of a planet outside our Galaxy
Astronomers think they have identified a planet in the Andromeda galaxy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8097141.stm
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Old 15-06-2009, 11:26 PM
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Thanks, Ron

Fascinating stuff! Another example of gravitational lensing (in this case microlensing) in action. Haven't heard of it used to find a planet before and what's more remarkable, in the Andromeda Galaxy.

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