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Black Hole Swallows Star

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the put-it-in-yer-mouth dept.

Thorfinn.au writes "The New Scientist writes a conjectural piece to explain the light pattern of SCP 06F6 in what was first identified as a supernova — but observations show a skewed and stretched light curve not fitting with an current theoretical explanation of exploding stars. Also, the discussion in the comments is interesting."

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  1. Because it's not interesting. by argent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Aside from all the "This comment breached our terms of use and has been removed" messages, most of the comments are by kooks or people who clearly misunderstood the article (like the guy who saw a 2s flare in Delphinus).

    1. Re:Because it's not interesting. by OldSoldier · · Score: 4, Insightful

      One of the comments I like is the fellow who complains that:

      So called scientific "facts" such as, black holes, big bang, stretched space, warped space, spacetime and so on,are merely flawed mathematical constructs. They have never been observed

      What always strikes me with these sort of comments is the underlying belief that scientists are hiding something from the rest of us. Don't these posters realize that they're complaining about this "supposed conspiracy theory" in an article where scientists are openly admitting that they saw something they don't understand?

  2. Re:repaired Hubble Telescope may come in handy her by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Heh. The more you learn, the more you realize you don't know...Unless you're an asshole or a teenager. In the grand scheme, we're still just scratching the surface. There are so many things we do not understand.

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  3. Re:90's flashback by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow, I never did understand that bit in the polka. It might be kind of sad that in the last few Weird Al albums, I've never heard most of the original songs. I'm getting old, huh?

    You and me both. The last Weird Al parody I've heard before he did it (talking recent music) was for Amish Paradise. I had no idea what raps All About the Pentiums and White and Nerdy were based on. I consider this to be a good thing. You know what's considered artistic in rap? Buster Rimes, he has a track on GTAIV. It's a soulful little ditty called "where my money" where he goes ranting about how he's taller than a hall of midgets and if he doesn't get his cake he's gonna kill bitches and niggas, where my fucking money?

    I'd like to think if MLK came back from the dead he'd go all Cosby and start smacking these idiots upside the head.

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  4. WHO said it WAS a black hole? by argent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The scientists gave a number of possible interpretations. The journalist who wrote the article, or his editor, picked the most interesting-sounding explanation for the thrust of the article.

    I think anyone familiar with Slashdot summaries should be aware of this distinction.