Thankfully the astronomer who spotted this wayward star didn't "shake it like a poloroid." ;)
1 posted on
02/08/2005 10:16:17 PM PST by
anymouse
To: RadioAstronomer; Brett66; KevinDavis
2 posted on
02/08/2005 10:17:01 PM PST by
anymouse
To: anymouse
The outcast is going so fast -- over 1.5 million mph -- that astronomers believe it was lobbed out of the galaxy by the tremendous force of a black hole thought to sit at the Milky Way's center.Holy cats!! Isn't that well past the speed of light (186,000 mph)? So what happened to all the nay-sayers who have said that nothing could travel faster than the speed of light? Pass the crow, gentlemen ....
4 posted on
02/08/2005 10:44:29 PM PST by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(http://sonoma-moderate.blogspot.com/)
To: anymouse
I wouldn't want to be near this thing if it came back. It may go into some orbit!
11 posted on
02/08/2005 10:50:45 PM PST by
TheLion
To: anymouse
While the companion star was captured by the black hole, the outcast continued on its whirling path around its edge.
My first thought was that it would be rather sad were there any life in this star system, or if it were to develop in the future, but wouldn't being so close to a black hole devouring a star pretty much kill anything in the system?
15 posted on
02/08/2005 10:55:01 PM PST by
swilhelm73
(Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian)
To: anymouse
21 posted on
02/09/2005 12:23:00 AM PST by
GeronL
(--- Loading, Loading...)
To: anymouse
Obviously a group of dems leaving the galaxy because of Bush's election.
23 posted on
02/09/2005 3:50:47 AM PST by
KeyWest
To: anymouse
Oops! I thought Andre 3000 was going off into space...
24 posted on
02/09/2005 10:48:16 AM PST by
Pharmboy
("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
To: anymouse
Now that would be one heck of a comet.
26 posted on
02/09/2005 10:58:07 AM PST by
Cold Heat
(What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
To: anymouse
An outcast star is zooming out of the Milky Way, the first ever seen escaping the galaxy, astronomers reported on Tuesday.He knew the punishment. You mess around with underage/developing stars, you can expect to be banished.
I have no sympathy.
32 posted on
02/09/2005 11:59:59 AM PST by
Lazamataz
(Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
To: 75thOVI; AndrewC; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; Berosus; CGVet58; chilepepper; ckilmer; Eastbound; ...
Blast from the past topic.
38 posted on
05/02/2006 10:07:52 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: anymouse
Was the "outcast star" named Robbins???
39 posted on
05/02/2006 10:09:42 AM PDT by
MortMan
(Trains stop at train stations. On my desk is a workstation...)
To: anymouse
How do they know it was a 2 star system? It takes millions of years supposedly for a change such as the one described to take place and we have only been astronomers for about 500-600 years. Not to mention the fact that those two particular stars would have to have been studied specifically for some reason out of the trillions of stars out there.
42 posted on
05/02/2006 10:30:00 AM PDT by
gop4lyf
43 posted on
01/11/2007 11:34:48 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
("I've learned to live with not knowing." -- Richard Feynman https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson