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Mysterious Stars Surround Andromeda's Black Hole

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hot-young-stars dept.

UltimaGuy writes to tell us that Yahoo is running a story about a recent discovery that shows the source of strange blue light coming from the center of the Andromeda galaxy. The light is actually a cluster of stars circling the galaxy's central black hole with immense orbital velocity. From the article: "Such frenetic activity was thought to prevent star formation. Stars form when a knot of gas and dust collapses under its own gravity."

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  1. Isn't blue light a side-effect of Viagra? by mbreuer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Subject said it all... but since a comment is required, here it is.

  2. Where is John Chrichton when you need him? [NT] by Jahndar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    nt = new toy?

  3. A more news worthy title would have been... by MahariBalzitch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mysterious Stars Found Escaping From Anna Nicole Smith's Black Hole.

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  4. They discovered.... by slashname3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sounds like they discovered the ring around ur anus.