Posted on 07/02/2020 11:11:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A giant star which was under the observation of astronomers for over ten years has suddenly vanished. The star in question was located in a dwarf galaxy 75 million light-years away, and was one of the largest stars in the known universe.
The star, which was 2.5 times brighter than the Sun, left no trace behind
The star was located in a very far off galaxy, making its detection and observation very difficult. The astronomers observed it based on its signature, which was picked up and then analysed, instead of a direct observation. A highly unstable blue star, researchers picked up its signature between 2001-2011.
It is typical of stars to go out with a bang, or what is known as a supernova. To be succinct - when a star runs out of fuel, it is simply killed by its own gravity. Whatever remains of that star bursts off and shatters into the universe.
Following this logic, the star in question should have left debris, or any signs of explosion. In fact, the explosion itself would have been massive enough to make it easily detectable. But none of this happened.
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Somewhere a janitor is looking for a big light bulb.
We are going to need a Tree, some cats and an enchantment of Dramliza if we want to save the galaxy.
The Kinman Dwarf Galaxy star didn’t kill himself.
Radiohead, How To Disappear Completely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W6HhdqA95w
(cathartic orchestra swell at 5:21)
Firefly on the lens ?
Manhattan project?
LOL! You've won the internet!
If only that would happen to all Democrats.
Went into a black hole? Would the hole remain black in that case? It would if the gravitational pull was so great that light waves could not escape.
Maybe it got too close to Uranus? NEVER get too close to Uranus...
A cloud of dark matter is hiding it.
It's possible that the universe was destroyed millions of years ago. But we still have millions of years to go before we find out and it's Independence Day weekend. So cheer up and have a frozen margarita!
You win the “post of the thread” award.
I’m reminded the final line of a great science fiction story by the great Arthur C. Clarke: “The Nine Billion Names of God”.
“Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.”
While it may be light we were observing from 75 million light years ago, in the last 75M LY plus 10+ years we were watching it and then it was gone. No big bang. I suspect the Clintons had something to do with it. ;-)
Black hole, object in the way, any number of reasons.
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