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Old 11-May-2008, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Kullat Nunu View Post
It has something to do with X-ray astronomy, so extrasolar planets are out.
Not if it was a pathetic little world used as the test subject for the empire's new battle station.

Seriously, though, Dyson Spheres were first thought of almost 50 years ago, and the article does say it was something that they've been trying to find for about that long. What other astonomical theories would have originated at about that time?
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