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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. 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 zippthorne · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    2. 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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  3. 010000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001 by RequiemX · · Score: 5, Funny

    01010011011010000110111101101111011101000010000100 100000010101110110010100100000 01101100011010010111011001100101001000000110100101 101110001000000110000100100000 01100010011010010110111001100001011100100111100100 100000011100110111100101110011 01110100011001010110110100111111

  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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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  7. 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.