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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. Duck... by null+etc. · · Score: -1, Redundant
    The light is actually a cluster of stars circling the galaxy's central black hole with immense orbital velocity.

    I hope one of those stars doesn't fling itself loose towards our lil' planet.

  2. Oh, you mean like 'stars'. by say__10 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When I first read this I imagined some sort of weird high profile skin flick staring a bunch of 'mysterious' dudes and a hot black chick named Andromeda.

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  3. My bet by EnsilZah · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's a reality show.