On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Ziana Astralos wrote:
> Then again, considering the usual
> profusion of typos, misprints, and blatant
> inaccuracies in this newspaper (ironically, named 'The
> Facts'), they probably wouldn't have been able to > spell it right ;)
>
One of the researchers here today pointed out that when they
announced that Upsilon Andromedae had a 3 planet "solar system",
both the LA times and Yahoo announced the discovery, 40 years
away, as being in a "different galaxy"!
Science reporting at its finest.
Robert
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