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Stellar Egg Reveals Organic-Rich Shell

dsc.discovery.com — The egg-shaped remains of a dying star has a hollow shell that is "unusually" rich in the complex organic molecules, say Australian and Vietnamese researchers.

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  • Ghostalker, on 06/11/2009, -0/+8I'll add this to my list of "Things to check up on in a billion years"
  • jaymzdean, on 06/11/2009, -0/+6That settles it. We must colonize the sun.
  • Frixionburne, on 06/11/2009, -1/+7Unusually rich in organic material....

    Methinks an entire race may have just been vaporized.
  • kashem, on 06/11/2009, -0/+5SCIENCE!
  • clouds31, on 06/11/2009, -1/+5Planet Vulcan?
  • bromac, on 06/11/2009, -0/+3They started looking for it there when some crazy old wizard wandered in and complained about feeling a great disturbance in the force. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
  • inactive, on 06/11/2009, -0/+3how do they find out stuff like this?
  • Toshibi, on 06/11/2009, -0/+3Every bit of matter has a unique signature in how it absorbs and emits light.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_lines
  • mizarone, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1So, the egg did come before the chicken after all.
  • Propethic, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1light, and science
  • Akairenn, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1I suggest we launch at night, so we aren't blinded on approach.
  • magicgreenman, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1Are we going to become a "stellar egg" someday?
  • inactive, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1I never get tired of these types of stories.
  • matadata, on 06/11/2009, -1/+2It's the opposite of a stellar omelet.

    /At least the omelet gets the yoke.
  • FishThePirate, on 06/11/2009, -0/+0I don't know if ours will become an egg (the guy in the article mentioned that that requires a binary center), but it will get gigantic.

    http://www.michielb.nl/sun/leven.htm
  • Redge, on 06/11/2009, -1/+1Damn, I must be tired because I read Orgasmic-Rich Shell...
  • FishThePirate, on 06/11/2009, -0/+0Ok, you take the first wave colonization. I'll be right behind you.
  • JinxCrow, on 06/10/2009, -0/+0Something new, something different! Oooooo....
  • hyperjoy, on 06/11/2009, -0/+0sunny side up please
  • cJw314, on 06/11/2009, -2/+1Guessing.
  • Aeroboy, on 06/11/2009, -3/+1That would give brand new meaning to the "How hot is it?" jokes.
  • jackd42o, on 06/11/2009, -3/+1NEVER look directly into a goats vagina

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