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New Star in the Neighborhood

Posted by michael on from the drop-by-for-a-visit dept.

tachyonflow writes "Well, it's probably been around for a while, but it's new to us. The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that astronomers have discovered a new star only 7.8 light-years from our sun. It's a red dwarf that's not visible to the naked eye from earth. I guess it's time to update those Celestia databases..."

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  1. Why it's dim... by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's dimmer than they expect because Lister has not yet finished repainting it yet.

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  2. http://www.reddwarf.com/ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.reddwarf.com/

    1. Re:http://www.reddwarf.com/ by scovetta · · Score: 3, Funny

      The star has it's own website?!!

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  3. "Lost a star, Master Obi Wan has..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does this item make anyone else think of that distressingly lame scene at the Jedi kindergarten from EpII?

  4. a new star? by bobba22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A new star that *Pop Idol* failed to discover?? It can't be true..

  5. Re:Nemesis anyone? by mikedaisey · · Score: 2, Funny


    Well, this isn't closer than Alpha Centauri, and it doesn't have a dust cloud. Otherwise there's a lot of coincidence. ;)