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Most Stars Are Single

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hollywood-allegory dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us Space.com is reporting that 'for more than 200 years, astronomers thought that most of the stars in our galaxy had stellar companions. But a new study suggests the bulk of them are born alone and never have stellar company.' The key difference seems to come from the difference between the highly turbulent clouds that produce massive stars in groups and the less active smaller clouds that produce red dwarfs."

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  1. Myspace.com by imoou · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet these lonely stars spend most of their time hanging around myspace.com.

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  2. Sure. by IAAP · · Score: 3, Funny
    With the divorce rate in Hollywood and everything who could blame them for being single! Sure, they're ...

    What? RTFA? Huh, you're new here.

    Anyway, where was I, oh yeah, Stars and their divorce rate...

  3. Marketing fiasco! by NiteShaed · · Score: 5, Funny

    So does this mean that the big two-for-one sale at http://www.starregistry.com/ will have to be rethought?

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  4. Insert obligatory joke... by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Most slashdot users as well..."

  5. Sigh - fooled again by maynard · · Score: 3, Funny

    And here I thought I was going to learn how I might have a shot at Kate Beckinsale or Lucy Liu, but instead it's only some lame story about astronomy. Thanks for getting my hopes up once again slashdot!!!

    sheesh!

    1. Re:Sigh - fooled again by why-is-it · · Score: 3, Funny
      And here I thought I was going to learn how I might have a shot at Kate Beckinsale or Lucy Liu, but instead it's only some lame story about astronomy. Thanks for getting my hopes up once again slashdot!!!

      Oh dear, where to begin:

      • No slashdotter will ever get a chance at women that hot
      • With a id that low, you should know better than to get your hopes (or anything else!) up.
      • You do however have excellent taste in unobtainable women.
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    2. Re:Sigh - fooled again by afaik_ianal · · Score: 3, Funny

      Depends - what did the judge have to say about it?