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A look at the original paper (http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fb http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fb) tells us th
by 8bitsrule 9y ago
A look at the original paper (http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fb http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa5fb) tells us that they found "frequent Fe Kα line energy shifts observed in the gravitationally lensed quasar RXJ 1131–1231 at a lens redshift of z = 0.295 or 3.8 billion lt-yr away."
Going from 'line energy shifts' to 'DISCOVERED PLANETS in ANOTHER GALAXY!!' is way too big of a leap. This is click-bait science writing.
Getting people interested in good science is great, but slathering it in gooey layers of sugary crap will eventually lead to people tuning out of anything that doesn't SCREAM.