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jaap
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by jaap » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:10 pm
A star has gone missing, and they don't know what happened to it:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2010/
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. “If true,” says team leader and PhD student Andrew Allan of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, “this would be the first direct detection of such a monster star ending its life in this manner.”
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Grumble
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by Grumble » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:40 pm
jaap wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:10 pm
A star has gone missing, and they don't know what happened to it:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2010/
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. “If true,” says team leader and PhD student Andrew Allan of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, “this would be the first direct detection of such a monster star ending its life in this manner.”
Dyson Swarm, it’s the only logical explanation
where once I used to scintillate
now I sin till ten past three
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dyqik
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by dyqik » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:57 pm
Grumble wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:40 pm
jaap wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:10 pm
A star has gone missing, and they don't know what happened to it:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2010/
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. “If true,” says team leader and PhD student Andrew Allan of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, “this would be the first direct detection of such a monster star ending its life in this manner.”
Dyson Swarm, it’s the only logical explanation
It's a mighty big vacuum cleaner that can suck up a star.
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Martin Y
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by Martin Y » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:06 pm
dyqik wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:57 pm
Grumble wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:40 pm
Dyson Swarm, it’s the only logical explanation
It's a mighty big vacuum cleaner that can suck up a star.
In space, nobody can hear how noisy your overpriced vacuum cleaner really is.