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MSNBC doesn't understand what a galaxy is...

johnjohn320

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She says scientists "Downsized the milky way from 9 planets to 8." But that's our solar system they downsized, not the whole friggin galaxy, which consists of about a trillion stars and thus an unimaginable number of planets...
 

Reel

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Jul 14, 2001
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"Solar system downsized" is the headline on CNN. Maybe they wanted to one-up them?
 

Juno

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wow, they need to man up and accept the face pluto is a planet that orbits around the sun. :p
 

sao123

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May 27, 2002
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Originally posted by: johnjohn320
watch the video

She says scientists "Downsized the milky way from 9 planets to 8." But that's our solar system they downsized, not the whole friggin galaxy, which consists of about a trillion stars and thus an unimaginable number of planets...

pwned
 

waggy

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Dec 14, 2000
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what do you expect? it takes to much time to research these things.
 

mugs

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Hah! Reminds me of the time CNN did a story about China's space program and the graphic they used was a picture of the moon with a Japanese flag planted on it.