Star Swallows Companion, Burps Out Planet-Forming Cloud 98
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.
I, for one, welcome our... (Score:4, Funny)
-WtC
*sig fault, core dumped*
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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.
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Here's one, how did British Petroleum manage to buy a star and name it BP Piscium? Are oil profits really that good?
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you do the math.
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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
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The two merged would be worse than AOL time warner. It just won't work. the neither side has anything of major value that the other side can't have now.
Sure you can name a few yahoo offerings but in the end there is really nothing new for either side.
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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
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I hope my _sun_ does not do that!~
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that can happen when you eat hot spicy stuff... (Score:3, Funny)
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Again, as a guy who aced 4 years of astronomy, this stuff is really funny. Your mind works is very strange ways. Thanks.
Dancing with the Stars (Score:1)
A: Because it disrupts the flow of a message (Score:5, Funny)
...brilliant comment! (Score:1)
A: Birthday, San Francisco 1906 and Britney Spears (Score:1)
Q: Name a cake, a quake, and a flake.
I miss Carnak.
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Because you wasted them modding down a troll for saying NIGGER.
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Gotta cut down (Score:2)
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)
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Though in this situation, maybe rosie o'donnel fits better?
-Taylor
the ori are doing it. (Score:2)
Damn it... (Score:2, Funny)
Om nom nom nom (Score:4, Funny)
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There, fixed that for you.
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Ain't that sweet? I appreciate your hospitality.
-Divine Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Brown_(sex_worker) [wikipedia.org]
I hereby... (Score:2)
Galactic Pr0n (Score:4, Funny)
Are you sure the name of that star isn't B.J. Piscium?
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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)
I watch way too much porn.
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Oh, like "in the sky" star not "Hollywood" star (Score:2)
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I can't even tell if I'm being sarcastic anymore.
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Be a bit more considerate? (Score:2, Insightful)
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Was it Britney Spears? (Score:3, Funny)
Ed
Lithium (Score:2)
My laptop has plenty of lithium. Does that mean it is ready to belch out some firey dust cloud?
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A star is shining... (Score:2)
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Star swallows companion, burps...... (Score:2)
do it in parallel, it feels better (Score:2)
now imagine a beowulf cluster of companion-swallowing cloud-burping stars!
Obligatory Ender Reference (Score:2)
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So does this mean we need to revise Sagan? "We are all star FARTS."
Hmm, it lacks a certain romanticism for all those older than 15.
The word prodigious (Score:2)
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it appears to be sucking up new material at a prodigious rate.
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Hail (Score:2)