Images of other worlds

By Michael on November 13, 2008 at 5:57 pm | In Blog Posts | 2 Comments


This really is big news and Phil sums it up beautifully. We have unequivocally imaged other planets. Most of us were born in a world where we knew of no other planets besides our solar system. Now we have pictures of them. Our children will grow up in a world where planets around other stars are common. That is a major shift in our understanding of the universe. Congratulations to the thousands of scientists that stood on the shoulders of a thousand other scientists to chip away at these amazing discoveries.

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  1. That’s fucking awesome. I hope we see tons of new development and discoveries down this path. I also hope it causes unbearable cognitive dissonance for the faithful masses.

    Comment by mnphenow — November 13, 2008 #

  2. Hmm, the HST news got out before the news from the Gemini. I guess the reason for the embargo was to release the news on both discoveries on the same day.

    Regardless, this is a date in history, November 13,2008 that will be as remembered as well as the date March 13, 1781, when William Herschel discovered Uranus.

    Bravo!

    Comment by matthewota — November 13, 2008 #

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