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Nearby Star Is Sun's Long-Lost Sibling (syfy.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes: A nearby star, HD 186302, was almost certainly born from the same cloud of gas the Sun was 4.6 billion years ago. Astronomers have found it has an almost identical chemical composition as the Sun, is on a similar orbit around the Milky Way, and has the same age (within uncertainties). Interestingly, it's only 184 light years away, implying statistically many more such stars are waiting to be discovered.

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  1. Re:What's inside a black hole? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Degenerate matter, not unlike your typical /. poster.

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  2. Re:What's inside a black hole? by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stuff that used to be outside a black hole.

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  3. Sedate by nagora · · Score: 4, Funny

    I make that about 27mph on average, so this star could move around town without getting a speeding ticket. Not least because it would obliterate the town and the whole planet.

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  4. Meanwhile ... by petes_PoV · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... on star HD 186302 an almost identical news report has been published.

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