the_formation_of_planets mp21k Closing in on planet formation 12 August 2004 Astronomers believe that planets form from the dust and debris that surround young stars. As this material rotates around the star, gravitational forces cause the dust to clump together into planets. http://physicsweb.org/article/news/8/8/10 040812 ... u24 well duh. 040813 ... u24 how do stars form? 040813 ... but I could be wrong I thought a star was a planet, except for moons, I mean their planets but their different. eather way I thought they were all just clumped in to being called stars so we wouldn’t have always be going "hay look isn’t that Planet B4K to the left of Gr85B or is that planet VG6J?" truly from a distance they all pretty much look the same so I thought we just decided to clump them together as a group and call them Stars. 040813 ... kx21 Songs of the Glaxies (e.g. Songs_of_the_Galaxies_57_octaves_below_middle_c) = Symphonies of Planets' Formation 040812 040814 ... 31 August 2004 NASA to Announce New Class of Planets 2 hours, 59 minutes ago 040831 ... mp21k http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040831/ap_on_sc/planet_hunters&cid=624&ncid=716 "We are getting closer to finding a solar system," more like our own — one that has an Earth-sized planet in the inner region and a Jupiter-sized planet in the outer region, said Alan Boss, a planet-formation theorist at the Carnegie Institution in Washington. Boss did not directly participate in the new planet searches. "It could be they've found the_tip_of_the_iceberg of a wide range of planets of Earthlike masses," 040831 ... Chicago Pizza muppets are the coolest things in our solar system jah! 040831 ... 31 August 2004 Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet 31 minutes ago 040831 ... mp21k http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=716&e=7&u=/ap/20040831/ap_on_sc/planet_hunters All three of these smaller planets belong to a new class of "exoplanets" — those that orbit stars other than our sun, 040831 ... . This artist's concept released by NASA/ JPL represents the newly discovered Neptune-sized extrasolar planet circling the star Gliese 436.(AFP/NASA/JPL-HO) http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040901/capt.sge.fpx28.010904005048.photo00.default-380x285.jpg 040831 ... mp21k http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5876835/ 'Super Earth' found circling nearby star http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/super_earth_040825.html An artist's impression of the "super Earth" orbiting a Sun-like star. Scientists say the planet is probably rocky, rather than being made of ice and gas, and it likely has a thin atmosphere. http://www.space.com/images/hf_superEarth_040825_02.jpg 040831 ... Q We permit the fact that difference of our opinions is stated. 040901 ... 31 August 2004 NASA NEWS Scientists discover first of a new class of extrasolar planets http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cancri.html 040902 ... jpg Telescope snaps distant 'planet' 10 September, 2004, 13:07 GMT 14:07 UK The small, red object tested the Yepun unit to its limits Astronomers working in Chile think they may have taken the first direct image of a planet circling another star http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3644410.stm 2M1207:- http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40056000/jpg/_40056584_eso_203.jpg 040911 ... 18 Oct 2004 Scientists: New Planets May Take Longer 1 hour, 9 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=716&e=7&u=/ap/20041019/ap_on_sc/building_planets LOS ANGELES - It may take much longer than scientists have thought for violent turbulence to turn grains of space dust into new planets. Press Release: Astronomers Discover Planet Building Is Big Mess For Release: October 18, 2004 New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal surprisingly large dust clouds around several stars. These clouds most likely flared up when rocky, embryonic planets smashed together. The Earth's own Moon may have formed from such a catastrophe. Prior to these new results, astronomers thought planets were formed under less chaotic circumstances. 041018 ... mp21k Animation: When Worlds Collide This animation illustrates a massive collision between rocky, embryonic planets as big as mountain ranges. To view the animation or for a full caption click here. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/041018telecon/visuals.shtml 041018 ... unhinged the young star of my life has built up enough debris over the years to have a hard, crusty exterior beneath_the_surface_of_the_ground 091002 ... unhinged and it seems like i have many men shaped satellites rotating around me these days 091030 ... unhinged 'i am dark matter in a world of lightweights' - sa_roc 180720 what's it to you? who go blather from