I was just reading a NASA press release entitled Free-Floating Planets May   
   be More Common Than Stars". You can read it at the following URL:   
      
   /www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-147   
      
   It concerns the recent discovery of so-called "Free-Floating Planets". The   
   press release states in part:   
      
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   Astronomers, including a NASA-funded team member, have discovered a new   
   class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away   
   from the light of a star. The team believes these lone worlds were probably   
   ejected from developing planetary systems.   
      
   The discovery is based on a joint Japan-New Zealand survey that scanned the   
   center of the Milky Way galaxy during 2006 and 2007, revealing evidence for   
   up to 10 free-floating planets roughly the mass of Jupiter. The isolated   
   orbs, also known as orphan planets, are difficult to spot, and had gone   
   undetected until now. The newfound planets are located at an average   
   approximate distance of 10,000 to 20,000 light-years from Earth.   
      
   "Although free-floating planets have been predicted, they finally have been   
   detected, holding major implications for planetary formation and evolution   
   models," said Mario Perez, exoplanet program scientist at NASA Headquarters   
   in Washington.   
      
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   What I find so amazing regarding this discovery, is the fact that almost two   
   thousand years ago, in the New Testament, in describing the unbelieving Jews   
   who infiltrated the First Century Christian fellowships, the writer Jude   
   made the following comment:   
      
   "These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you,   
   feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried   
   about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead,   
   plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own   
   shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for   
   ever."   
   Jude 1:12-13, KJV   
      
   While the Bible is not a science textbook per se, when it does make   
   scientific claims, sooner or later, man discovers that they are precise,   
   factual and true. Of course, considering that God is the Creator of the   
   Universe, should we really be surprised by the accuracy of the scientific   
   tidbits which He has chosen to include in His written Word?   
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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