May 27th, 2003, 12:24 AM
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Re: Extremely Cool Astronomy News
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Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:
The following info (taken from a local popular science magazine) has some relation to this thread's topic :
"Last year, a discreet star known as V838 Monocerotis suddenly became brighter. In a matter of months, it was emitting 600,000 times more light than our Sun and became the Milky Way's brightest star. It became visible from Earth with the help of a pair of binoculars, even though it is 19,500 light-years away. As it came, it went. It grew gradually darker until, now, it would take a powerful telescope and excellent eyesight to see it. University of Arizona researchers declared that they cannot simulate the star's behavior using current astrophysical theory."
Did anyone think, "Stellar Nucleonic Torpedo" ?
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No. I think they will come with a better theory soon. Untill a next explosion. That's it.
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