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Binary Star EF Eridanus Baffles Astronomers

Posted by michael on from the sucked-dry dept.

baldinux writes "Reuters is reporting the finding of a new stellar object in the Eridanus constellation that may require the astronomical community to create a new category of stellar entities -- that is, dead ones. In the binary system, one of the stars 'gave too much' (Reuters) of its own resources to its partner white dwarf star, resulting in a breakdown of nuclear fusion, thus producing this 'dead' entity. Researchers at Gemini North (click here for images) and Keck II observatories at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, have been analyzing this unique system."

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  1. In human terms... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In human terms this is known as marriage.

    1. Re:In human terms... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or perhaps its the divorce?

  2. They should name binary pair... by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    They meet, they accrete, and then dance for years as they happily twirl about. But as time goes by her ass grows more massive as she sucks out his soul and he becomes a shadow of his former self.

    So I propose the name: Succubus and the Bitter Old Man.

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  3. See: altruism is evil. by Chemisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    > In the binary system, one of the stars 'gave too
    > much' (Reuters) of its own resources to its
    > partner white dwarf star, resulting in a breakdown
    > of nuclear fusion, thus producing this 'dead' entity.

    A good example to illustrate the evil of altruism.

    1. Re:See: altruism is evil. by iggymanz · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, it shows how the evil objectivist capitalist white dwarf exploited the poor downtrodden proletariat worker-class star

  4. New category not possible by rts008 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Naming a new category is not possible anymore...I foresaw this and patented the process of developing AND implementing new categories. This new career RULES!!! since I've been too STUPID in the past to develop a REAL business plan! Mod this: -16 for OFFTOPIC -10 for FUNNY -pi for INFORMATIVE

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