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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. 8) Thought it said "Planet Globbing" by DrSkwid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wevcwev geb4entwsr mnresy mnt myet metmetymnetm d

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  2. Re:A Welcome Message from the Silver Surfer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whoa whoa whoa, the Silver Surfer is no longer a slave to Galactus! He's his own person now and he does not do the personal bidding of Galactus.

  3. Re:Carnie Wilson by jameskojiro · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well her or Rosie O'Donnell, or Roseanne.

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  4. Oprah Pulsar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or Oprah Winfrey, who is a veritable pulsar of celebrity weight fluctuation.

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

    south for the winter or hearty meal ? you decide

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