From: Phil Carmody <thefatphil@yahoo.co.uk> Anyway, back to:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/01/02/planet-formation-s...
It's a lot less remarkable than most paintings I see in the local art galleries near here. You didn't believe USAToday when they credited it "(Photo: M. Kornmesser, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO))", did you? It's just an artist's impression, that's all. The actual *photo* is here: http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso1301b.jpg --hmm. The USA Today I got this from said "photo" not "artist impression" and, what really sealed the deal to my gullible mind, was they also gave a VIDEO not just still, which I foolishly thought actually meant it was, like, real data from ESO. Not just an attempt to be even more artistic. But when you think about it, you realize there is no way in hell that star-in-process-of-forming is going to be flying across the background field of fixed stars at that high a rate, so this video was actually a complete fabrication!! That's really really obnoxious to a degree I would have thought unbelievable. Lower my opinion of the press to new lows. The real "photo" which by the way was from radio telescope array, not optical, is not nearly as nice and convincing as the fake. Is it legitimate to draw the conclusion expressed by the fake?