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Harvard Creates Space Lasers to Detect Earth-like Planets

dailygalaxy.com — Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have adapted a new laser system to discern the once undetectably faint gravitational influence a rocky, Earth-like planet revolving around a Sun-like star exerts on their home stars' light output.

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  • GeeksSpeakFont, on 12/16/2008, -0/+9that's pretty amazing... those kids at harvard know what they're doing!
  • inactive, on 12/16/2008, -0/+6Good luck in your search.
  • NCSUspoon, on 12/16/2008, -0/+3We will call it a (quote fingers) "Death Star" - Dr. Evil
  • thelastcivilian, on 12/17/2008, -0/+3When I first read the headline I thought it said "deflect."

    Consider me disappointed that we're not actually going to have to fend off planetary foes hurtling toward us via some sort of intergalactic slingshot by blowing them to bits with high-powered lasers.
  • AdeleMor, on 12/16/2008, -0/+2i built one of those to find my remote
  • BrendanJB, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1***** YEAH SPACE LASERS

    WHERE IS KRULON?
  • GoKings, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1PEW PEW PEW
  • twoheadedboy00, on 12/17/2008, -1/+2BUY MY CHICKEN FLAVORED AIR CONDITIONING, SUCKERS!
  • itsok2kry, on 12/17/2008, -0/+1Obviously just a front for space-based laser warfare.
  • wassamatta, on 12/17/2008, -0/+0Looks like we'll see an Earth 2 like the old TV series soon. Not that we'll be able to travel there though
  • ShannonGB, on 12/16/2008, -1/+1cool...

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