Possible First Photo of Planet Around Sun-Like Star

Ok made sure no one else had posted first.....didn't want a repeat.
And probably no one else cares about this as much as me, the atronomy nut that I am, but I wanted to post anyway.....just in case.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080915-first-exoplanet-picture.html

Are we going to name it after someone's parrot?

Seems more like a TechForge thread, so....

WHOOOOSH!

Wasn't sure where exactly to put it but really didn't think Techforge would be it......

Techforge is the more science falvoured room here- generally there is a good bit of discussion on all things science, astronomy being a major part of it.

The chatter at the bottom of the page is more interesting than the article.

Yeah I noticed that next to forum title. It's just the name kind of throws you off, ya know?

The name is actually a very special tribute to a former Wordforger.

Candlelight Vigil for Techman

Techman Memorial

That picture is great. What really jumps out at me, is the way it demonstrates how massive stars are relative to planets. That planet is 8 times the size of jupiter, and 330 A.U.s away from the star (similar in size to our own). Yet even at that great size and distance, it's just a blip next to the star.

Just wait till they find one with life on it

I for one (will) welcome our new alien overlords.

Yeah I saw those threads. Sorry for the lose.

Yep I'm sure that's comming any minute now. Zombie aliens?

Zombie aliens that look like velociraptors and are part cybernetic.

Zombie robot alien dinosaurs would be unstoppable.

From orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

... Vitalist.