"After the discovery of 51 Pegasi, everyone wondered if it was a freak, a one-in-a-million observation. The answer is no. Planets aren't rare after all." --San Francisco State University astronomer Dr. Geoffrey W. Marcy after announcing his identification, with Dr. Paul Butler, of two new planets in a far off galaxy which seem to confirm the plebian quality of our own solar system.
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Tales of the Quad God