[presidio9]

This is one of the three new processed observations showing a point of light (in the upper right) that may be a planet or brown dwarf. An additional observation a few months from now is needed to show whether the object moves with the white dwarf and is therefore a companion, or if it is a background object moving at a different pace.

[farmfriend]

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[kenth]

Through careful and advanced image analysis, I have come to a conclusion:



GIANT SPACE ANTS!

[FourtySeven]

Clear as crystal! WTG guys! Now, if we can just get Hillary and the other of her clan to head back home, since we've positively identified their homestead, this country will be well on its way towards prosperity.

[RightWhale]

More than 120 are known

There are billions, but none even come close to being earthlike.

[robertpaulsen]

Here's a better picture of the White Dwarf:

[talleyman]

I hope they name the planet "Plexus" -
"Class, this is the extrasolar Plexus..."

[NRA2BFree]

You might want to see this. It's pretty kewl. ;-)

[longshadow]

first the extra-solar planet deniers (ESPD) screamed: "there's no evidence!!!", then astronomers found spectroscopic evidence of wobbling in nearby stars consistent with planet-sized masses orbiting them, so the ESPD's then screamed: "Yeah, well nobody has ever seen one....", and now it appears, pending further verification, that astronomers have directly imaged an extra-solar planet.

So what will the ESPD's next line of defense/goalpost moving be? "Well, no one has ever tasted one....."?