The Massive Planet That is on the Way

I dunno what to think on the topic anymore, but when scientists are pushing forward with news of a new planet that's on its way, and yet deny that it's nothing more than a "9th planet," you immediately begin to wonder where sci-fi begins and science ends.  Or vice-versa.


Nibiru or Tyche?  Who cares, it's a big ass motherfucker if it's there, and ominous quotes like "It should take another couple of years before we can be sure," (from a piece on Discovery.com) don't make it simple and easily shelved.  Since the 2012'ers have been talking about the return of a planet or brown dwarf for so many years, the fact that there's ANYTHING being discussed in the scientific world is perfectly outstanding.

Oh yeah, of course the first thing I did was go to the comments section, and here are a couple of those comments that caught my eye:

Remark: We can look for and find planets orbiting stars light years from us, but we can't find something bigger than Jupiter in our own back yard?  Isn't that a little like parking the car in the back yard and then going out the next day and not being able to find it?  I call BS on this one.

Remark response: To be fair, to find a planet at another star, you look directly at the star and watch for "eclipses" or Doppler wobble. You have an exact location to observe. To find a new planet in the Oort cloud, you have to scan the _entire_ sky, multiple times to spot motion, and what you're looking for is too far to be visible from reflected sunlight.

stobobros
It is obviously the gravity well of the singularity of an ancient derelict alien space craft's gravity wave drive that is perturbing orbit's of comets. The CIA has known for decades, that's what pioneer and voyager were really about.

I have to adjust my tinfoil hat now.