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Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time
Phys.org ^
| October 18, 2021
| by Durham University
Posted on 10/18/2021 1:56:23 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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How physicists determine this stuff is confounding but amazing.
To: NohSpinZone
They were visiting the Pumpkin Patch at Roloff Farms at the time they made the discovery.
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posted on
10/18/2021 1:59:14 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: NohSpinZone
To: Kickass Conservative
First sighting was of Danny DeVito but the second one was the genuine white dwarf.
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:19:41 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: NohSpinZone
Astrophages...
(hat tip to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir)
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:30:05 PM PDT
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rarestia
(Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
To: NohSpinZone
So what does this mean, exactly? I see it means the star feeds off another star but ? black hole?
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:32:46 PM PDT
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Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
No clue! But it make Peter Dinklage's SNL skit make more sense for some reason.
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:34:45 PM PDT
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NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: NohSpinZone
How physicists determine this stuff is confounding but amazing.
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:38:27 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:40:28 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: NohSpinZone
It really is amazing.
It’s just too bad that we can’t get close enough to really see what’s going on. Too many light years away.
Yeah. I took “Physics for Poets” in college...so I, a lawyer with a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago, am an expert. LOL!
Hey. If Jill Biden with the easiest doctorate ever, is a doctor, then so am I. I do have a Juris Doctor degree. Calling her a doctor is absurd. The word means something. As in a medical doctor.
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:52:56 PM PDT
by
proud American in Canada
("Fear is a reaction; Courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:56:08 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
Somehow an image of a farside cartoon conjures in my head
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posted on
10/18/2021 2:57:24 PM PDT
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dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imaginationd)
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10/18/2021 2:59:50 PM PDT
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Veggie Todd
(Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
To: PLMerite
Great minds...that was my first thought too :D
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10/18/2021 3:00:17 PM PDT
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Mygirlsmom
(Back after a long hiatus. Now mygrandkidsgrandma)
To: NohSpinZone
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10/18/2021 3:08:48 PM PDT
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GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: NohSpinZone
"...abruptly switching on and off..." Isn't that Morse Code for F¥€# Joe Biden?
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posted on
10/18/2021 3:39:56 PM PDT
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skimbell
To: NohSpinZone
Sounds like the White Dwarf star (racist?) is feeding off of the neighboring star, much like white liberals do off the working class Americans.
Movie about this White Dwarf star will be entitled “Liberal Parasites in Space”, coming to an election booth near you in November 2021 and 2022!!
To: NohSpinZone
They can’t pretend the Earth is round and these lights are other planetary bodies much longer.
To: NohSpinZone
“Astronomers see white dwarf ‘switch on and off’ for first time”
Astronomers see white dwarf ‘switch sex’ for first time
There fixed it
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10/18/2021 3:49:43 PM PDT
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antidemoncrat
(somRead more at: https://economicti Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time)
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10/18/2021 3:50:03 PM PDT
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doorgunner69
("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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