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Filtering starlight to probe new worlds

anarchic-teapot

COROT stares at a large number of stars at once 

Joke

Mwahahaa! Babelfish alert!

Try "watches a large number of stars simultaneously".

Looking at them In A Funny Way isn't going to improve interstellar relations, is it? You upset someone like that, they're going to heave a large rock at you. How do you think the dinosaurs got wiped out?

Anonymous Coward

Interesting.... 

Joke

I use this method to indicate when my boss is about to say something. There is a slight dimming just before hand.