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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. Red Matter by starglider29a · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, I AM out of my Vulcan mind.

  2. This is old... by Schnoogs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...they already explained this in the new Star Trek movie

  3. Red matter by canonymous · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Clearly the star was going to go supernova and threaten the entire galaxy, so Ambassador Spock took one for the team by dropping some red matter into it...