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Star Swallows Companion, Burps Out Planet-Forming Cloud

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:34 PM
from the really-hot-star-on-star-action dept.

New Scientist is reporting that BP Piscium, an unusual star recently under scrutiny from astronomers, may have swallowed a nearby companion and spewed out a planet-forming dust cloud as a result. The team has also identified a similar scenario with another star which they hope will offer more answers.

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I, for one, welcome our... (Score:4, Funny)

by Will the Chill (78436) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:36PM (#22357392) Homepage

planet-forming-cloud belching overlords!

-WtC

*sig fault, core dumped*
- Re: (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by killmofasta (460565)
  
  "planet-forming-cloud belching overlords!"
  HAHAHHAHHAA!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAH!
  
  I would think it would be 'star-swollowing-planet-forming-cloud-belching overlords!l
  
  Mod parent +1, funny.
  ( should be call +5 funny, Hysterical? )
  I totally didnt expect this, its poinient and funny at the same time.
  
  Good work.
- - Re: (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Drinking Bleach (975757)
    
    Were they ever worth something? Man, and to think of the hundreds of dollars I could've gotten from selling my modpoints.
that can happen when you eat hot spicy stuff... (Score:3, Funny)

by markana (152984) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:36PM (#22357396)

It should probably down a couple of gas giants, or maybe a cool nebula.
- A: Because it disrupts the flow of a message (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by DNS-and-BIND (461968) on Saturday February 09 2008, @02:00AM (#22358242) Homepage
  
  Q: Why is starting a comment in the Subject: line irritating?
  
  Parent
looks like (Score:5, Funny)

by WormholeFiend (674934) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:40PM (#22357418)

it's a star-eat-star universe after all, eh
- Re:looks like (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Purity Of Essence (1007601) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:50PM (#22357478)
  
  Are you Sirius?
  
  Parent
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Torvaun (1040898)
    
    Why don't I have mod points for this?
    - Re: (Score:3, Funny)
      
      by Anonymous Coward
      
      Why don't I have mod points for this?
      
      Because you wasted them modding down a troll for saying NIGGER.
- Gotta cut down (Score:2)
  
  by HangingChad (677530)
  
  it's a star-eat-star universe after all, eh
  I couldn't possibly have another bite of star. My doctor says I have to cut down on hydrogen.
I pity astronomers (Score:5, Insightful)

by Dunbal (464142) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:42PM (#22357434)

It's like trying to understand human psychology via unrelated still photographs of humans from orbit.
the ori are doing it. (Score:2)

by Joe The Dragon (967727)

as they are being killed off.
Damn it... (Score:2, Funny)

by fsckr (965056)

I thought this was another random Hollywood story, think about it, it makes just about as much sense.
Om nom nom nom (Score:4, Funny)

by Rhinobird (151521) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:48PM (#22357468) Homepage

*burp*
- Re: (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by $RANDOMLUSER (804576)
  
  *burp*
  
  ...and there was light...
  
  There, fixed that for you.
I hereby... (Score:2)

by Datamonstar (845886)

... dub thee Homer.
Galactic Pr0n (Score:4, Funny)

by hyades1 (1149581) <hyades1@hotmail.com> on Friday February 08 2008, @10:57PM (#22357512)

..."may have swallowed a nearby companion and spewed out a planet-forming dust cloud as a result"...

Are you sure the name of that star isn't B.J. Piscium?
Photos (Score:2)

by radimvice (762083)

Photos of this amazing interstellar phenomenon here [omnomnomnom.com].
I think I've seen this before... (Score:2, Insightful)

by calebt3 (1098475)

Doomsday Machine [memory-alpha.org], stellar edition!
- Re:I think I've seen this before... (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Xinef Jyinaer (1044268) on Friday February 08 2008, @11:37PM (#22357734)
  
  That's no mo- Oh to hell with it, I'll just get modded down anyway.
  
  Parent
We here on the planet Belch...... (Score:2)

by edwardpickman (965122)

Refer to it as the "The Time of the Great Kegger".
First thought was that the "star" mentioned... (Score:2)

by SensitiveMale (155605)

was Paris Hilton.

I watch way too much porn.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Robber Baron (112304)
  
  First thought was that the "star" mentioned... ...was Paris Hilton.
  Ummm...don't you mean Delta Burke?
Oh, like "in the sky" star not "Hollywood" star (Score:2)

by blake182 (619410)

I had this image of Kevin James eating Ray Romano when I read the title. Sigh. I guess I need more help than I thought.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by DNS-and-BIND (461968)
  
  Yes, because Slashdot is such a haven for news about vapid celebrities and the people whose empty lives consists of following the latest celebrity gossip.
  I can't even tell if I'm being sarcastic anymore.
  - Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
    
    by Nyeerrmm (940927)
    
    To be fair, I think Kevin James being a cannibal would be interesting news, no matter what I normally think of celebrity news.
Be a bit more considerate? (Score:2, Insightful)

by v(*_*)vvvv (233078)

I know the poster wanted to make the title catchy, but come on now. Humor with celebrity references is not quite one of the stregths of the slashdot demographic. Look at the replies! they are just horrible :(
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Sibko (1036168)
  
  Uh... I'm sure I'm not the only one with this question, but what celebrity reference is this article supposed to be referencing?
Was it Britney Spears? (Score:3, Funny)

by Undead Ed (1068120) on Saturday February 09 2008, @12:57AM (#22358016)

Jusst curious.

Ed
Lithium (Score:2)

by Skapare (16644)

My laptop has plenty of lithium. Does that mean it is ready to belch out some firey dust cloud?
- Re: (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by dodobh (65811)
  
  If it's a Dell, sure. http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/08/20/exploding-dell-laptop-battery-bonanza/ [elliottback.com]
A star is shining... (Score:2)

by davidsyes (765062) *

And that still makes this old news...
Star swallows companion, burps...... (Score:2)

by Brad1138 (590148)

Leave Britney Alone You Bastards!
do it in parallel, it feels better (Score:2)

by wikinerd (809585)

now imagine a beowulf cluster of companion-swallowing cloud-burping stars!
Obligatory Ender Reference (Score:2)

by psychicsword (1036852) *

Looks like someone just used MD. Device(aka. Molecular Disruption Device) and and turned many Buggers into dust.
Obvious Conclusion (Score:2)

by PPH (736903)

Solar systems are nothing more than star farts.
The word prodigious (Score:2)

by Ace905 (163071)

The word prodigious always reminds me of Dr. Strangelove

---
it appears to be sucking up new material at a prodigious rate.
---
Hail (Score:2)

by PingPongBoy (303994)

A planet-forming cloud ... to a star, that kind of weather is hail.
- Re:Questions? (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by omeomi (675045) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:47PM (#22357462) Homepage
  
  What puzzling questions? I guess that's why I should read the article? O_o
  
  Here's one, how did British Petroleum manage to buy a star and name it BP Piscium? Are oil profits really that good? ;-)
  
  Parent
  - Re: (Score:2, Interesting)
    
    by peragrin (659227)
    
    well Exxon mobile cleared enough profit last year alone to buy yahoo in cash, where as MSFT will have to resort to 50% cash and 50% stock.
    
    you do the math.
    - Re:Questions? (Score:4, Interesting)
      
      by Viper Daimao (911947) on Saturday February 09 2008, @01:25AM (#22358126) Journal
      
      though they also payed as much taxes as half of america [seekingalpha.com].
      
      Parent
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by PingPongBoy (303994)
      
      well Exxon mobile cleared enough profit last year alone to buy yahoo in cash, where as MSFT will have to resort to 50% cash and 50% stock.
      
      Like stars, Yahoo is way overpriced. Buying with stock makes sense, if you are a company like Microsoft and able to turn Yahoo into something. If Exxon bought Yahoo with cash, it would take quite some time to realize a return on investment, about as much time as it takes to generate ROI on money paid for a star, from the star itself. BTW, if anyone wants to pay someone fo
  - - - Re: (Score:2)
        
        by meringuoid (568297)
        
        The treaty prevents governments from claiming ownership, not people or corporations.
        Which is the line that guy selling land on the moon peddles. It won't stick either. It's stretching plausibility to claim, and sell, land you have never even visited and in fact are not capable of visiting. Traditionally you have to at least plant a flag - and normally, you have to live on the land a while and prove you can sustain your colony before anyone will recognise your claim. That, and have enough guns to argue you
- Re:Questions? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by SlashWombat (1227578) on Friday February 08 2008, @10:52PM (#22357490)
  
  Well, its an unusual star. The article says its low on Lithium, so its probably just been skipping its schizophrenia medication.
  
  Parent
  - Re:Questions? (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by smurgy (1126401) on Friday February 08 2008, @11:41PM (#22357762)
    
    Given that it was hungry enough to eat a whole other star I'd say it was not only low on Lithium, it was high on weed and seriously munching.
    
    Parent
    - Re: (Score:2, Funny)
      
      by superash (1045796)
      
      Given that it was hungry enough to eat a whole other star
      
      I hope my _sun_ does not do that!~
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by ketamine-bp (586203)
    
    Sorry, sir, but lithium is probably better at treating bipolar affective disorder than schizophrenia.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by rbanffy (584143)
  
  Whatever the questions are, we will have them answered in about a couple billion years, as soon as the planets are fully formed.
- Re: (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by calebt3 (1098475)
  
  Rainbows?
- - Re: (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by scottv67 (731709)
    
    I for one welcome our new star-swallowing overlords...
    
    Ain't that sweet? I appreciate your hospitality.
    -Divine Brown
    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Brown_(sex_worker) [wikipedia.org]

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that can happen when you eat hot spicy stuff... (Score:3, Funny)

A: Because it disrupts the flow of a message (Score:5, Funny)

looks like (Score:5, Funny)

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Gotta cut down (Score:2)

I pity astronomers (Score:5, Insightful)

the ori are doing it. (Score:2)

Damn it... (Score:2, Funny)

Om nom nom nom (Score:4, Funny)

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I hereby... (Score:2)

Galactic Pr0n (Score:4, Funny)

Photos (Score:2)

I think I've seen this before... (Score:2, Insightful)

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We here on the planet Belch...... (Score:2)

First thought was that the "star" mentioned... (Score:2)

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Oh, like "in the sky" star not "Hollywood" star (Score:2)

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do it in parallel, it feels better (Score:2)

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