Strange 'twin' new worlds found


	Strange 'twin' new worlds found

arifsali

8-4-2006 2:40 PM

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"planemos" Wow

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8-5-2006 10:18 AM

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"WOW" it is!

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<FONT size="3">Dubbed "planemos", they circle each other rather than orbiting a star.
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<FONT size="3">Their existence challenges current theories about the formation of planets and stars, astronomers report in the journal Science.
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<FONT size="3">"This is a truly remarkable pair of twins - each having only about 1% the mass of our Sun," said Ray Jayawardhana of the University of Toronto, co-author of the Science paper.
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<FONT size="3">"Its mere existence is a surprise, and its origin and fate a bit of a mystery."</FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D230F28F-CB51-40A0-AF2C-A498F4E6AC02/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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