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Bizarre Star Could Host a Neutron Star In Its Core

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-at-that dept.

ananyo writes "Astronomers say that they have discovered the first example of a long-sought cosmic oddity: a bloated, dying star with a surprise in its core — an ultradense neutron star. Such entities, known as Thorne-Zytkow objects, are theoretically possible but would alter scientists' understanding of how stars can be powered. Since Thorne-Zytkow objects were first proposed in 1975, researchers have occasionally offered up candidates, but none have been confirmed."

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  1. Boo :-( by Baby+Duck · · Score: 4, Funny

    A star IN a star? Now I can't make fun of Sunshine anymore.

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    "Love heals scars love left." -- Henry Rollins

  2. Yo dawg, I herd yo like stars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I put a star in yo star so you can collapse into a black hole if your combined solar mass exceeds the Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit.

  3. Yo dawg by trmj · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard... you know what? It's too easy.

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    Work sucked, until it became unemployment, when it became slightly more tolerable. -Tet
  4. That's inexplicable, but not inexplicable enough! by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Such entities, known as Thorne-Zytkow objects, are theoretically possible but would alter scientists' understanding of how stars can be powered.

    How apt this phrase is now: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  5. "a surprise in its core" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who else was thinking "nougat"?

  6. Take THAT, science! by Swampash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Another nail in the coffin of so-called "knowledge". How can you trust a belief system that CHANGES all the time?