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German astronomers have discovered an ancient planetary system dating from 13 billion years ago
Balkans.com ^ | 3/30/2012 | Balkans.com

Posted on 03/30/2012 6:30:02 PM PDT by U-238

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1 posted on 03/30/2012 6:30:11 PM PDT by U-238
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To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis

Ping


2 posted on 03/30/2012 6:31:17 PM PDT by U-238
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To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis

Ping


3 posted on 03/30/2012 6:31:29 PM PDT by U-238
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To: U-238

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.


4 posted on 03/30/2012 6:32:03 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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In the beginning, the Universe contained almost no chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium.

Yeah well, then there was humans and global warming.....

5 posted on 03/30/2012 6:33:04 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Well, maybe not so far far away, but it was a long time ago.


6 posted on 03/30/2012 6:33:52 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: mkmensinger

This planetary system is 376 light years away


7 posted on 03/30/2012 6:34:01 PM PDT by U-238
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To: U-238

Star mining. Just don’t pig out and collapse that pig.


8 posted on 03/30/2012 6:34:45 PM PDT by bigheadfred (MY PET TAPEWORM (OBIWAN) IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
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To: U-238

Galactically speaking, not all too far.


9 posted on 03/30/2012 6:38:15 PM PDT by wastedyears (Signature for sale.)
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To: U-238; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
Ich bin ein [13] Billioner
10 posted on 03/30/2012 6:43:19 PM PDT by mikrofon (Ich bin ein Tagliner)
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To: wastedyears; SunkenCiv

This star and its system had to be formed somewhere else.


11 posted on 03/30/2012 6:45:40 PM PDT by U-238
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To: U-238

“one of the earliest cosmic eras, from 13 billion years ago”

assuming “time” passed at the same rate as at present*

(See Einstein on Relativity for a discussion of the relationships between time, gravity, and space)


12 posted on 03/30/2012 7:00:14 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: U-238

You may think that if our solar system is 4.5 billion years old then a 13 billions years old planetary system should be millions of lights years away...but they are saying it is only 376 lights years away?...Hard to believe...


13 posted on 03/30/2012 7:06:33 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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It says it was formed somewhere else and this galaxy picked it up.


14 posted on 03/30/2012 7:08:29 PM PDT by U-238
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To: wastedyears
Exactly and it seems not to make sense since our sun is 4.5 billions years old you would expect that a 13 billions years old system should be millions of lights years away not 376 light years...I am not astronomer nor an astrophysicist but I like to see some scientific and logical explanation for this...
15 posted on 03/30/2012 7:10:43 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: U-238

Yeah but that is a weak theory...


16 posted on 03/30/2012 7:11:56 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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Rogue Planets are not unusal in astronomy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13416431
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/18/the-galaxy-may-swarm-with-billions-of-wandering-planets/


17 posted on 03/30/2012 7:14:10 PM PDT by U-238
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Astronomy, the Science with a lot of BS... Not all of it but a huge part of it is just BS...


18 posted on 03/30/2012 7:17:41 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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That is how you feel. I cannot argue with that.


19 posted on 03/30/2012 7:18:37 PM PDT by U-238
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Not a feeling. I have a bachelor of science in Physics and a master in Mechanical engineering and I am just applying scientific logic and analysis here... A lot of so called theories in astronomy do not make sense...


20 posted on 03/30/2012 7:24:13 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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