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Hottest, heaviest touching double star
EarthSky.org ^
| 10/21/15
Posted on 10/21/2015 3:19:56 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
160k light years away. Probably already merged
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:23:40 PM PDT
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NELSON111
To: LibWhacker
how is that even remotely possible????
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:24:07 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: LibWhacker
Astronomers say the two stars might be heading for catastrophe. They will likely either merge to create a single giant star or form a double black hole.Oh, no! Not another Obama-Jarret formation!
To: LibWhacker
Love astronomy but keep thinking of a line from “Young Frankenstein”
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:27:07 PM PDT
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Zathras
To: LibWhacker
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10/21/2015 3:27:17 PM PDT
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Slyfox
(Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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10/21/2015 3:27:35 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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10/21/2015 3:28:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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10/21/2015 3:28:36 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: LibWhacker
I’ve gotta call B.S.
“two stars so close they touch.”
Unsustainable.
“the hottest and most massive touching double star system observed so far.”
So there are more?
“The two stars will likely either merge to create a single giant star or form a double black hole.”
Double black hole that doesn’t engulf the one next to it? They’ve worked out the physics of such a thing?
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:30:35 PM PDT
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Chad N. Freud
(FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
To: LibWhacker
Worst case of blue balls EVER!
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:33:08 PM PDT
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Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Chode
To: Chad N. Freud
Yes, I think they've largely worked out the physics.
Watch the video simulation and you can sort of see how it could happen. Doesn't mean it will be able to maintain such an orbit indefinitely, but it could keep it going (as two stars or two black holes) for a while.
To: Kirkwood
“Worst case...”
Five minutes on the naughty step for you, Kirkwood. :)
To: LibWhacker; Lazamataz
I don’t know why, but I feel like we must ping Laz.
To: LibWhacker
The larger star will cannibalize the smaller star, and rather than increasing it’s mass and staying the same size will expand in volume until it pops like an enormous space zit.
To: LibWhacker
Thank you for posting this, Libwhacker - the simulation is fascinating! These astronomers seem like pretty sharp people; I wonder if they’ve been able to predict when the two stars will merge ..
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:42:42 PM PDT
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Ken522
To: LibWhacker
> the two stars might be heading for catastrophe
Those not busy being born are busy dying.
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:44:55 PM PDT
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soycd
To: Kirkwood
Great Scott!!!!
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:52:12 PM PDT
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dragonblustar
(Bernie Sanders. Because free stuff won't give itself away.)
To: LibWhacker
stars have enormous gravity, it would seem that the closer they got, the faster they would attract each other until there was a massive collision, but what do i know
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posted on
10/21/2015 3:59:51 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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