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Two Totally Unique Star Systems Discovered
esocid writes "Astronomers have spied a faraway star system that is so unusual, it was one of a kind — until its discovery helped them pinpoint a second one that was much closer to home. In a paper published in a recent issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, Ohio State University astronomers and their colleagues suggest that these star systems are the progenitors of a rare type of supernova. In research funded by the National Science Foundation, they found a star system that is unusual, because it's what the astronomers have called a 'yellow supergiant eclipsing binary' — it contains two very bright, massive yellow stars that are very closely orbiting each other. In fact, the stars are so close together that a large amount of stellar material is shared between them, so that the shape of the system resembles a peanut."
"Dude, I can't find you."
"What do you mean you can't find me? Did you follow my directions?"
"I already flew by there five fucking times, I can't find you!"
"Jeezus Christ! It's the one that looks like a peanut you pendejo! How many of them look like a peanut? How could you miss that!?"
A peanut? SPACEBALLS, more like.
That's no peanut
Full Tilt
What? I've had hundreds of Uniques in Diablo!
This year's April 1st jokes are just a bit too esoteric, I think. Celestial peanut? What?
If you have two of something, by definition it is no longer unique...
Indeed. It becomes 'duique'.
Wait, there's more. Why do we say that a peanut has been shelled when the shell has been removed? Is it not now unshelled?
Oops, Let me try that again.
Why do we say that a pair of half-nuts have been shelled when the shell has been removed? Is the double-half-nut not now unshelled?
found a peanut, found a peanut,
found a peeeeeanut just now,
just now I found a peanut,
Found a peanut just now.
(feel free to share the rest of the lyrics with the class)
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Now, imagine the size of the squirrel!
factor 966971: 966971
I DARE someone to fly in between them. I DOUBLE-DOG dare ya.
That would be the ultimate April Fool's joke: good stories, grammatically correct summaries, no dupes, etc. And at the end they'd say "April Fools! Just kidding!"
Ahem. That's THE Ohio State University. I have relatives who've graduated from there. Thank you.
sigfault (core dumped)
You do realise that Nazi is a proper noun, not an acronym, and therefore should not be capitalised?
HTH. HAND.