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Hubble finds Mass of White Dwarf

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the gully-dwarf-mass-still-unknown dept.

Chris Bradshaw writes "The mass of the nearest white dwarf star to Earth has been measured accurately for the first time. from the article: 'Sirius B is just 12,000 km (7,500 miles) in diameter, similar to Earth, but its mass is 98% that of the Sun. Studying Sirius B has been difficult because of the bright light coming from its neighbour Sirius A, the "Dog Star." The results, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, come from astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope.'"

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  1. It'll be more interesting when they find.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mass of RED Dwarf

  2. More on Karma Whoring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_whoring

  3. More on Anonymous Coward... by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_Coward

  4. Re:Mods wake up by guygee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps the Mod thought the parent post was suggesting that "the advanced Siriusian aliens were planning to hit the Earth with Sirius B. Obviously the Siriusians are an advanced corporate culture, and are intent on "downsizing" their system, cutting their aging former stars loose, in an attempt to get lean and (very) mean, and to eliminate possible future competition from other evolving corporatized systems."

  5. A White Hole... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    So what is it?

  6. Sirius? by cdn2k1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps this is some cleverly disguised viral marketing to promote Howard Stern's move to satellite radio?

  7. White Dwarf... by WolfZombie · · Score: 2, Funny

    White Dwarf needs food badly.

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    Cheesy Movie Night
  8. Re:White dwarf? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    The politically correct term for this would be "Caucasian little person"


    Or "Caucasian vertically challenged person"