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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

Set the controls for the heart of a nearby sun. One with planets, please

If you've nothing better to do today, or you're on hold waiting for Adobe to explain its CS3 pricing in person, why not go on a tour of the nearby stars?

That's what you can do with a web page built in, um, Adobe's Flash. Head over to Exosolar planets and systems and you can be the Captain Kirk (or Janeway), and head at warp factor 1, 5, 9 or whatever your processor and broadband are capable of. A column in the left shows which stars are known to have planets. Bored living here? Find a new home! Though we can't guarantee that the prices of software will be any lower there...

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