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Exoplanet that vanished may have been a giant dust cloud created by a titanic collision between two icy asteroids
Daily Mail Online ^ | Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | Ryan Morrison

Posted on 04/21/2020 1:12:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv
Btw, great read...


21 posted on 04/21/2020 1:58:24 PM PDT by montag813
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To: SuperLuminal
Two comets...
One a dancer...
The other a dasher...

22 posted on 04/21/2020 2:08:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They were just trying to get away from the Vogon poetry.

After a millenia or two of that, an interspace bypass no doubt starts so sound like a good idea.


23 posted on 04/21/2020 2:08:44 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t see how you can have a giant dust cloud out there in space. Space is practically a vacuum, and vacuums are pretty good at dealing with dust.


24 posted on 04/21/2020 2:09:38 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Kommodor

Vogons? Disgusting vile creatures. Banned from Betelgeuse.


25 posted on 04/21/2020 2:23:17 PM PDT by JusPasenThru
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To: SunkenCiv

The more we learn, the more we learn that we don’t know.


26 posted on 04/21/2020 2:34:16 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: montag813
Btw, great read...

One of my favorites. And a lot of his theorizing (ca. 1950) has been proven true by subsequent explorations.

27 posted on 04/21/2020 2:38:16 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

They weren’t even comets — they were giant Roombas, guided by two enormous cats.


28 posted on 04/21/2020 3:47:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Whoever named the constellations was not a cat-lover. Out of 88 constellations, there are only 3 felines: Leo, Leo Minor, and Lynx. But there are plenty of birds, fish, even reptiles and even a fly. And of course bears and dogs.


29 posted on 04/21/2020 3:57:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv

Piece of lint on the big lens....


30 posted on 04/21/2020 4:12:45 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Verginius Rufus
Those early astronomers got mad because the cat kept rubbing on one leg of the tripod..

31 posted on 04/21/2020 4:13:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Manly Warrior
If some alien had a telescope near the impact, there could be a piece of lens on the big lint!

32 posted on 04/21/2020 4:56:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It was SG-1 and Amanda Carter or Rodney McKay that destroyed a solar system.


33 posted on 04/22/2020 9:47:18 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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