October 14, 2010

Should I unpack my boxes and cancel the movers?

Remember Gliese 581g? It might not exist.

Astronomer Francesco Pepe of the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland, who spoke Oct. 11 at an International Astronomical Union symposium on planetary systems, reported a new analysis using only HARPS data, but adding an extra 60 data points to the observations published in 2008. He and his colleagues could find no trace of the planet.

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  1. Deron Bauman on October 14th, 2010 at 8:51 am

    oops.

  2. Cindy Scroggins on October 14th, 2010 at 8:54 am

    Francesco Pepe.

  3. Michael Smith on October 14th, 2010 at 8:56 am

    He pepe’d all over that theory.

  4. Gliese 581g, perhaps | clusterflock on October 15th, 2010 at 8:54 am

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