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Monster Hypergiant Star Discovered
astroengine writes "A gargantuan star, measuring 1,300 times the size of our sun, has been uncovered 12,000 light-years from Earth — it is one of the ten biggest stars known to exist in our galaxy. The yellow hypergiant even dwarfs the famous stellar heavyweight Betelgeuse by 50 percent. While its hulking mass may be impressive, astronomers have also realized that HR 5171 is a double star with a smaller stellar sibling physically touching the surface of the larger star as they orbit one another. 'The new observations also showed that this star has a very close binary partner, which was a real surprise,' said Olivier Chesneau, of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice, France. 'The two stars are so close that they touch and the whole system resembles a gigantic peanut.'"
and then the hot star on star action will be over in a bright flash.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
A giant ribbon was found in our neighborhood, only one link away, said researchers. It is one of the ten tallest ribbons or panels found on the web, being nearly 100 pixels tall. The ribbon's purpose seems to provide useful links and social "features", but we couldn't investigate much of this. The ribbon is unmovable even when you scroll the webpage, and its considerable height causes a gravitational lensing effect called "reading through a mail slot". Amazingly, a smaller rectangle was spotted nearby, it reads "feedback". It actually touches with your scrollbar! The whole result looks "modern" and slightly big, but scientists are puzzled that it feels so readable and non-annoying. Apparently, many other websites including previous submissions to slashdot were much worse.
Everything is connected man, everything!
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