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Alien Comet May Have Infiltrated the Solar System

Posted by kdawson on from the starseed-lure dept.

New Scientist has a piece about Comet Machholz 1, whose uncommon molecular composition suggests, but does not prove, that it may be an interloper from another star system. "Comet Machholz 1 isn't like other comets. David Schleicher of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, measured the chemical makeup of 150 comets, and found that they all had similar levels of the chemical cyanogen (CN) except for Machholz 1, which has less than 1.5% of the normal level. Along with some other comets, it is also low on the molecules carbon-2 and carbon-3."

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  1. The infiltrators are ... by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    These infiltrators are not from another galaxy. They are from the criminal ungerground in Karachi, Pakistan.

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  2. Holy Crap! by KiwiCanuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the real deal people! Stop the presses! Push the financial crisis aside! Set the terror level to RED, and panic panic PANIC! Ahhhh! (Sorry, I didn't get much sleep last night ~:-)

  3. The Ramans Are Coming by herbertdeborba · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Prepare for the war against the octospiders, greedy human. Blah.

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    No sig.