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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. four 4 four 4 four 4 1234 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fourth post!

  2. Everyone knows... by crow_t_robot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they're dingleberries...they surround my black hole all the time.

  3. 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.

  4. Re:Get it right.. by Jack9 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How is trolling insightful? Added nothing to clarify nothing to insight an argument +5 insightful of course!

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

    nt = new toy?

  6. 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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  7. THE TITLE OF THIS POST IS IRRELEVANT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why can't the title of posts just be the first few words of the post itself or however many words will fit in the title bar? I never read the titles and then sometimes I miss stuff that is important to understanding the post. Really, in the grand scheme of things, the post itself isn't important enough to merit its own unique title.

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

    Sounds like they discovered the ring around ur anus.