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Stars Found To Produce Complex Organic Compounds
InfiniteZero writes "Researchers at the University of Hong Kong observed stars at different evolutionary phases and found that they are able to produce complex organic compounds and eject them into space, filling the regions between stars. The compounds are so complex that their chemical structures resemble the makeup of coal and petroleum, the study's lead author Sun Kwok, of the University of Hong Kong, said."
The Cat: I say let's get into the jet-powered rocket pants and Junior Birdman the hell out of here.
Kryten: An excellent and inventive suggestion, sir, with just two tiny drawbacks. A, We don't have any jet-powered rocket pants. And B, There's no such thing as jet-powered rocket pants outside the fictional serial "Robbie Rocket Pants".
The Cat: Well, that's put a crimp on an otherwise damn fine plan.
- Red Dwarf "Terrorform"
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
So THAT's where the dinosaurs went 65 million years ago!
They built starships and flew into the sun!
We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon.
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing our whaling tune.
Well, I might have a way, but it only works on a semi spherical planet in a vacuum.
I can't wait for Fox News to bash the sun as a net-carbon-emitter.