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Hugh Bollinger
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Curiouser & curiouser

In an announcement that would amaze any wild-eyed science enthusiast, astronomers in New Zealand and Japan have just announced the existence of planets wandering about the cosmos without orbiting a star. Their discovery published in Nature predicts that these rogue planets may even be more numerous than ones positioned in structured solar systems like our own. [caption id="attachment_4095" align="aligncenter" width="575" caption="unbound rogue planet   source: JPL/NASA graphic"][/caption] Leaving room for the creative imagination of SciFi writers, the origins of these newly discovered planets -- they appear gaseous giants like Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus -- remains a mystery. The discoverer's provide no comment about any potential inhabitants either. The more we look about our world and beyond, the more everything becomes "curiouser and curiouser" as Alice said about Wonderland. WHB
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