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Nemesis, the Sun's Binary Star Companion?

Posted by Zonk on from the burning-brother dept.

0xC2 writes "The Binary Companion or 'Nemesis' theory asserts that a yet-to-be discovered companion to our Sun may actually exist. Recent observations of two nearby stars (assumed companions) show debris disks 'strikingly like the Kuiper Belt int the outer part of our Solar System'. The Binary Research Institute site is devoted to the theory, and presents a concise introduction, list of evidence, and sample calculations in support of the theory. A fascinating read, although the physics and related calculations are not trivial." Has the 'unique theory on the internet' vibe to it, but interesting nonetheless.

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  1. Nemesis of Sun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that Microsoft? Oops... Wrong article...

  2. Solar Evil? by Ardeocalidus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I sense an evil twin joke coming on.....

    1. Re:Solar Evil? by spawnofbill · · Score: 0, Funny

      So, does it have a goatee or what?

      Sorry, had to.

    2. Re:Solar Evil? by Bonker · · Score: 1, Funny

      Why, when there are so many Sailor Moon jokes that are begging to be made?

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    3. Re:Solar Evil? by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 4, Funny

      > I sense an evil twin joke coming on.....

      I bet Nemesis looks exactly like the Sun, but with a stylish 200,000-mile-wide Evil Spock goatee.

    4. Re:Solar Evil? by crutchman · · Score: 2, Funny

      What if we have the left, or "sinister" twin, and they accidentally switched them at birth? I sure our real Sun would be pretty pissed about being locked in the attic all these years eating nothing but fish heads.

      Let's see....a pun AND a Simpson's reference...that should be worth at least a 3! :-P

  3. Internet bullshit pseudoscience by MustardMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    On a scale of "faked moon landing" to "electric universe", I rate this 'theory' a solid "roswell alien autopsy"

    1. Re:Internet bullshit pseudoscience by geofferensis · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is your Internet BS pseudo-science scale protected by some form of intellectual property law? I would very much like to use it to make some jokes with, but I don't want to run into any problems by infringing on your intellectual property.

      Thank you,

    2. Re:Internet bullshit pseudoscience by zippthorne · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd put it closer to "Da Vinci Code" on the scale.

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    3. Re:Internet bullshit pseudoscience by Melfina · · Score: 5, Funny
      "You laugh, but this guy has written his own book and everything. According to the summary of his book:"

      Dr. Seuss has written books also~ :p

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  4. 010000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001 by RequiemX · · Score: 5, Funny

    01010011011010000110111101101111011101000010000100 100000010101110110010100100000 01101100011010010111011001100101001000000110100101 101110001000000110000100100000 01100010011010010110111001100001011100100111100100 100000011100110111100101110011 01110100011001010110110100111111

  5. cool! by patcito · · Score: 3, Funny

    As the slashdot crowd is pretty much clueless about astronomy I expect lots of Funny rated comments to hide our ignorance on the subject, right guys?

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    1. Re:cool! by ScentCone · · Score: 4, Funny

      As the slashdot crowd is pretty much clueless about astronomy I expect lots of Funny rated comments to hide our ignorance on the subject, right guys?

      You'd like to think so, wouldn't you? But as everyone knows, this is a matter for astrologers, which you clearly are not. Otherwise you'd know that making jokes about jokers joking to obscure their ignorance is itself merely a joke of an argument, so we cannot, even jokingly, take the argument in front of you.

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  6. Twin stars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Twins are hot!

  7. That's not news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    You guys heard that the Earth is flat, too, right?

  8. Simple Calculations by drgonzo59 · · Score: 2, Funny
    The site presents simple calculations to suppot their claim!

    I would think for such a claim one would need more than just simple calculations .

    But anyway, in other news: "Dark matter coming to a store near you."

  9. Re:01000010011010010110111001100001011100100111100 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    01001001001000000111010001101000011010010110111001 10101100100000011000100111100100100000001001110110 01100111010101101110011011100111100100101100001001 11001000000111010001101000011001010010000001101101 01101111011001000111001100100000011011010110010101 10000101101110011101000010000000100111011000010110 11100110111001101111011110010110100101101110011001 110010111000100111

  10. Re:Been there, done that, got the (novel)? by miro+f · · Score: 2, Funny

    wait a second... in that novel Nemisis was on a collision course with our sun! We're all screwed!

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  11. HAL 9000 posting here,from the AE-35 antenna!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    All these world are yours except Europa.
    Use them together.
    Use them in peace. :hammertime:

  12. Score! by NemesisStar · · Score: 3, Funny

    I knew that getting this username before anyone else would one day pay dividends! Username/name of star are inspired by the Isaac Asimov novel "Nemesis" by the way.

  13. Lame, lame by hobuddy · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the Sun turns out to be binary, what the hell will the Gentoo guys do, CCFLAGS="-Odamnimcold -DALPHA_CENTAURI -funroll-solar-panels"?

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  14. Captain Jean-Luc Picard, USS Enterprise by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean this Capt. Picard?