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Black Hole Blasts Neighbor Galaxy with Deadly Jet

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the no-star-system-will-dare-oppose-the-emperor-now dept.

butterwise writes to mention that astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a super-massive black hole hitting a nearby galaxy with a "death-star-like" beam of energy. The story also has a video with simulations, pictures, and explanations. "The 'death star galaxy,' as NASA astronomers called it, could obliterate the atmospheres of planets but also trigger the birth of stars in the wake of its destructive beam. Fortunately, the cosmic violence is a safe distance from our own neck of the cosmos."

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  1. He Who Smelt It Dealt It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Black hole denies farting; blames it on nearby neutron star.

    1. Re:He Who Smelt It Dealt It by nofx_3 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Me: "I'm sorry, Anonymous Coward, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
      AC: "Oh. What's it called now?"
      Me: "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you."

      -kap

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    2. Re:He Who Smelt It Dealt It by DeadDecoy · · Score: 4, Funny

      It must've been silent but deadly.

    3. Re:He Who Smelt It Dealt It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd have blamed it on Sirius. Oh sure, the old "blame it on the dogstar" routine.
  2. The astronomers explained by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    that they could not nail down the exact nature of the exotic object giving off the deadly beam, but they did offer that "that's no moon"

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  3. Eminent domain... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is what happens when you're not willing to move your galaxy out of the path of a new intergalactic highway. Please don't complain about not knowing about it. The drawings been available in the next galaxy over for ages now.

  4. Old news by jonfr · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is old news, this did happen 1.4 billion years ago.

  5. Re:Way to be taken seriously.. by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Besides, the ability to blast an entire neighboring galaxy with a gamma ray beam is insignificant compared to the power of the Force.

  6. Re:Way to be taken seriously.. by Radres · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Dachannien. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you complete your Q2 deliverables on time, or given you clairvoyance to know when your boss won't notice that you're reading Slashdot...

  7. Re:Way to be taken seriously.. by Surlyboi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find your lack of karma disturbing...

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