From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 02:01:11 MDT
I'm moderately hesitant to reply to this message given
its obvious paid-for by the "LM" sponsor plugs, but
setting aside the commercials, one can find a small
amount of redeemable information content...
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Spike Jones wrote:
> So what are they? Theoretically they might be planets
> that were gravitationally torn away from parent stars in
> the cluster. However, they are estimated to make up as
> much as 10 percent of the cluster's mass -- too
> numerous to be wandering, "orphaned" planets.
But not too numerous to be artificially engineered objects.
> The results are so surprising, the astronomers caution
> that these preliminary observations must be confirmed
> by follow-up Hubble observations. If verified, these
> dark denizens could yield new insights about how stars
> and planets formed in the early universe.
Not if they assume they have to be "natural" objects.
Sigh...
I'm either very very wrong or very far ahead of my time.
Robert
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