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Planet-Gobbling Star

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-my-theory dept.

crymeph0 writes "BBC is carrying a story about a star that mysteriously brightened three times last year. Scientists now know why. It's been eating gas-giant planets that orbit it! I'm just glad Earth isn't a tasty gas planet, or else we'd have to start making sacrifices to Sol to play it safe." It's hard to prove things from 20,000 light years away, but this explanation is interesting.

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  1. Baby Swallows Fly by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    south for the winter or hearty meal ? you decide

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