Circling The Drain

[drhoz]

over at Bad Astronomy

"600 light years away, in the constellation of Auriga, there is a star in some ways similar to our Sun. It’s a shade hotter (by about 800° C), more massive, and older. Oddly, it appears to be laced with heavy elements: more oxygen, aluminum, and so on, than might be expected. A puzzle

Comments

[amphigory]

It's so legit. All the fucking time.

[drhoz]

yup! Phil Plait is great for up-to-the-minute space news :) See his book "Death From The Skies!" too :)

[underlankers]

This.

[underlankers]

All hail Galactus!

[drhoz]

must check whether the telescope spotted any giant purple helmets. Or does it have a mature content filter?

[lemon_m]

"All in all, it sucks to be WASP 12b."

Indeed. But daamn it sounds cool.

[shakatany]

Cannibal star eats its young. Fortunately I doubt any lifeform was able to evolve on the planet. It's a scary universe out there.

Shakatany

[moonstruckangel]

I wondered the same.