news.independent.co.uk — Astronomers have pinpointed two massive stars, orbiting close to each other in space, that could merge to create a "super" sun, 100 times bigger than our own. The massive "binary" star system, located in a galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, has been captured by NASA scientists using satellite and ground-based telescopes.
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uwjamesMay 30, 2007
Hey! Don't make me come back there! So help me, I will turn this car around.
yoshitomiMay 30, 2007
While insolent may be living up to his name, he is correct - from a grammatical standpoint.
adoniseffectMay 30, 2007
Perhaps I am wrong, but why is this news?I thought that stars of about 100 times the size of our Sun were considered average.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_stars">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_stars</a>
kylegoetzMay 30, 2007
When the title of an article says that scientists are "eagerly await[ing]" something, it usually implies that it will happen within the scientists' lifetimes. I was sorely disappointed to find any hint of when this birth will occur, and it will probably not be within even 100 generations. "Astronomers eagerly await," my ass.
khyberkitsuneMay 30, 2007
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tehboredMay 30, 2007
Hey, if this thing is so massive, (and we somehow see a similar event occur since this one won't reach us for a while) it might give us some new insight to how black holes work.
ickychrisMay 30, 2007
Your sarcasm was fine. And don't ever use a smiley.It's just that some people, for some reason, can't grasp sarcasm no matter how obvious.
justice7May 30, 2007
supernova goes pop !
l33tsauceMay 30, 2007
100 times the sun isn't what it used to be anymore, damn inflation. <a class="user" href="http://www.samtsai.com/p318">http://www.samtsai.com/p318</a>