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paleotn

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7. Those who vet don't know either.....

Reply to longship (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 06:23 AM

Aug 2015

it seems scientific literacy and journalism simply don't mix anymore. If they ever really did.

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Student in Chile discovers new planet [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2015 OP

K&R, and to the greatest page for you. nt tblue37 Aug 2015 #1

320 million light years cannot possibly be correct. DetlefK Aug 2015 #2

Yup! Really bad journalism here. longship Aug 2015 #4

Those who vet don't know either..... paleotn Aug 2015 #7

She must have used a 4000 meter wide scope. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #9

Currently, Wiki lists most distant exoplanet at 21,500 ± 3,300 lightyears William Seger Aug 2015 #10

Please add a link to the article harris8 Aug 2015 #3

Linked article has nothing to do with post. nt longship Aug 2015 #5

Neato!!!! tomm2thumbs Aug 2015 #6

Link here, and euronews is incompetent enough to have put the '320 million' in the video too muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #8

"New planet discovered by 15-year-old intern" William Seger Aug 2015 #11

Thank you for providing the correct link. Very sorry to have bungled it. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #12

Astronomer Discovers Planet 3 Times as Large as Jupiter Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #13

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