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- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -3/+146"Scientists have no idea why this is happening!"
Scientists have no idea on about 99% of the universe. - fabkebab, on 07/23/2008, -0/+101If you actually read the article, you will see that the star was NEVER DYING - what an utterly misleading headline
The star has been "pulsing" - getting brighter and dimmer - but less so over the last hundred years - thats it - a whole lot more boring than the sensationalist title- buried - sockpuppets, on 07/23/2008, -5/+99It's emo?
- hiPpymIck, on 07/21/2008, -1/+92the only mentioned timescale is 100yr
im guessing thats not very long
astronomically - sockpuppets, on 07/23/2008, -3/+58It's Isaac Hayes?
- crazyjake, on 07/23/2008, -3/+53The Doctor...
- tuxidomasx, on 07/23/2008, -0/+46the north star is 430 light years away
this "revival" happened way back in 1578 - Azerael, on 07/23/2008, -13/+54In comparison, religious wackos have no idea about 100% of the universe, opting instead to make it up as they go along, murdering each other along the way.
- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -4/+35I had no idea it was dying.
- spazoidspam, on 07/23/2008, -2/+28I think something that non-scientist people find hard to believe is the fact that scientists get very much enjoyment out of being proven wrong with evidence.
When someone is able to change my opinion, I love it, because it means I know even more about the world around me. - btschul, on 07/22/2008, -5/+31Shoot it in the head! It's the only way they stay down!
- BigManOnCampus, on 07/22/2008, -3/+27Or maybe it's just a variable star with a low frequency.
- designet, on 07/23/2008, -3/+26shall we just agree to blame the RIAA and move on?
- Jauladeoro, on 08/27/2008, -3/+19It knows Americans will need it to point the way towards Canada in case McCain is elected.
- sublimemm, on 07/23/2008, -3/+19if you remember calculus class... a finite amount divided by an infinite amount is 0.
(knowledge of universe)
______________________________ = scientists know 0 about the universe, not even 1%
(ever expanding area of universe) - Jonsey, on 07/23/2008, -0/+14Unless im totally wrong, or this is really terrible sarcasm tuxidomasx is right.
From Wikipedia:
"A light-year or light year (symbol: ly) is a unit of length, equal to just under ten trillion kilometres. As defined by the International Astronomical Union (which is the body which has the jurisdictional authority to promulgate the definition), a light-year is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year."
A Julian year is equal to 365.25, which is equal to a "calendar year" (when you factor in the leapyear etc.) - ovset, on 07/23/2008, -1/+15We haven't even completely figured ourselves out yet. Hurry up, science!
- sockpuppets, on 07/23/2008, -5/+18By the number of botox injections it receives.
- transfuse, on 07/23/2008, -4/+17Wow.
Give this man an internets. - inactive, on 07/23/2008, -0/+12Even though I liked your comment, I chose to bury it to show you that the Universe is arbitrary and unfair.
- davidwasman, on 07/23/2008, -1/+13With the distance between us and Polaris, you would think it is entirely possible that there were celestial bodies distorting the view. Perhaps planets passing in front of the star or cosmic dust trails or any number of anomolies.
You'd also think that Scientists would have thought of that and not some twit like me on Digg. - Arcesius, on 07/23/2008, -0/+11You mean we're not spawns of Satan that roam the earth seeking to cause trouble for "true believers" with our logic and reason? What a stunning discovery.
- cyclonesworld, on 07/23/2008, -2/+13Sunshine would be more appropriate.
- jayhawk88, on 07/23/2008, -2/+13Clearly their scientists were able to develop a solar rejuvenator before their star went nova. Now that this problem is out of they way, they can continue the research on the Tri Focus Plasma Cannon and defeat the dreaded Darlocks.
- textrant, on 07/23/2008, -2/+13If you travelled at 88mph you'd get there a lot sooner.
- HairyFotr, on 07/23/2008, -1/+11I say we take off and nuke the entire star from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
- nebion, on 07/23/2008, -1/+10You're obviously joking, but remember that the mass (and thus "sucking power") of a star doesn't increase just because it turns into a black hole.
If you aren't already going toward that star, you aren't going to get sucked in. After the star becomes a black hole, you have to get much closer to the hole than where the surface of the original star used to be in order to get inevitably sucked in. - picciano, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9I KNEW there was something up with that star. ALL THE OTHER STARS revolve nicely around the Earth...but THAT ONE just SITS THERE, staring at us! Mocking us.
- Phylodome, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9You know that 2012, as far as the Mayan calendar goes anyhow, actually has nothing to do with the "end of the world"? It's merely the end of the chaotic period in their cyclical perception of evolutionary phases. The cycle is something like 26,000 years long, and 12/21/2012 merely marks the beginning of the "rebirth" phase of this "natural calendar".
Good (though a bit out there) book on the topic: "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl"
http://www.amazon.com/2012-Return-Quetzalcoatl-Dan ...
Interesting website:
http://www.13moon.com/prophecy%20page.htm - CosmicJustice, on 07/23/2008, -6/+15"Scientists have no idea on about 99% of the universe. "
Finally a voice of reason on Digg. - Agalychnis, on 07/23/2008, -1/+9Why? because it explains the shift in the frequency (but not speed) of the electromagnetic radiation either up or down depending on the relative speeds of us a polaris? The speed of light is still c, a constant.
- tendonut, on 07/23/2008, -2/+10With a nuke
- knuckles, on 07/23/2008, -2/+10You had me right up until "eternal".
- crapuccino, on 07/23/2008, -0/+8This is innaccurate. Polaris isn't dying. It's been well known as a cepheid variable star for a long time, but over the past 100 years it's brightness variations have dropped from 10% to 2% (measured ~1998). Current measurements indicate that it now varies by 4%, so there appears to be an underlying longer period variablility beneath the standard variable period of about 4 days.
- 2012, on 07/23/2008, -1/+9This article seems incomplete. The title is VERY misleading. The observations were that the star's vibrations (?) were fading. What they mean by vibrations - I have no idea. However, in 2006 the Hubble telescope found that what we know as the North Star is actually a cluster of 3 stars. It had been known before that it was a binary system. This article did not mention any of this. The link to the Hubble site: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/ ...
P.S. I am not that smart. This information was in one of the comments below this article. :) - theaceoffire, on 07/23/2008, -1/+8How can you kill that which has no life???
- h3lx, on 07/23/2008, -5/+12THIS IS CAKE TOWN!
- wetdirtmud, on 07/23/2008, -6/+1312/21/2012
- LJRod82, on 07/23/2008, -1/+7But that star has significant financial value to the Company.
- avonalt, on 07/23/2008, -0/+6An increase in mass would lead to a decrease in density using your formula.
- BabyBrumak, on 07/23/2008, -0/+6Look at the plot of the variation. The last cluster in red (around 1980) has huge error bars. The data recorded there could easily overlap the new measurements. Besides which, 100 years isn't exactly very long in the life of a star. That's like saying a person is dying because his heart rate is dropping from 100 to 60 bpm.
- awtripp, on 07/23/2008, -1/+7Alright Captain Kirk settle down.
- TSK05, on 07/23/2008, -1/+6Relativity has nothing to do with this.
- jaredcat, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5yo momma
- rdj262, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5Buried for inaccurate. Read the article - the star was never "dying." The normal variations in its luminosity were changing.
- leerayIG88, on 07/23/2008, -2/+7I never wint to calculus class. Skhool was'nt very fun.
- crj123082, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5we find older alien civilizations and ask them
- textrant, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5Read the rest of this guys comments, so funny.
- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5Yeah, ***** librarians!
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