• Hubble discovers a planet eating star
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[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10136415.stm[/url] [quote] [B]Hubble spots a planet-eating star[/B] Page last updated at 9:16 GMT, Monday, 24 May 2010 10:16 UK [LIST] [*][URL="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10136415.stm"]E-mail this to a friend[/URL] [*][URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10136415.stm#"]Printable version[/URL] [/LIST] [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47892000/jpg/_47892561_planet-eatingstar.jpg[/IMG] Scientists used Hubble data to create an image of the planet being swallowed The Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a Sun-like star "eating" a nearby planet. Astronomers knew that stars were capable of swallowing planets in orbit around them, but this is the first time the event has been "seen" so clearly. Although the planet was too far away for Hubble to photograph, scientists have created an image of it, based on analysis of the telescope's data. The discovery was published in the The Astrophysical Journal Letters. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10136415.stm#skip_feature_02"]Continue reading the main story[/URL] [INDENT]We have identified chemical elements never before seen on planets outside our own Solar System [/INDENT] Carole Haswell Open University The researchers say the planet, which is called Wasp-12b, may only have another 10 million years left before it is completely devoured. It is so close to its star that it completes an orbit in 1.1 Earth days and is superheated to more than 1,500C. Because of this proximity, the planet's atmosphere has ballooned to nearly three times the radius of Jupiter and is spilling material on to the star. Carole Haswell from the UK's Open University led the research team. She explained: "We see a huge cloud of material around the planet which is escaping and will be captured by the star." Hubble's detection of the cloud enabled scientists to draw conclusions about how it was generated. Dr Haswell said: "We have identified chemical elements never before seen on planets outside our own Solar System." Wasp-12 is a dwarf star located approximately 600 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. The exoplanet was first discovered by the UK's Wide Area Search for Planets (Wasp) in 2008.[/quote] [img]http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/Galactus442x350.jpg[/img] Science is fucking hardcore
Nom nom planet. Tasty.
God Damn. I love you science.
I thought it meant the Planet was eating the star
Hungry Hungry Planet anyone? :smile: No? Damn...:saddowns:
[QUOTE=TheIceman;22152290]Hungry Hungry Planet anyone? :smile: No? Damn...:saddowns:[/QUOTE] Hell yeah!
10 million years to devour a planet. nom nom. [editline]09:55PM[/editline] also OP should change it to "Planet-eating" for lack of confusion
[QUOTE=lolwutdude;22152075] [img]http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/Galactus442x350.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] Is that the Death Star in the top left corner? :v:
Science hasn't done anything, this is a natural process
At least it's not coming our way.
[quote]We have identified chemical elements never before seen on planets outside our own Solar System[/quote] Holy shit :iia:
Awesome!
Science Rules.
[QUOTE=The mouse;22152263]I thought it meant the Planet was eating the star[/QUOTE] That's the only reason I clicked on this shit
Fuck you, planets.
Wow, thats brutal. Could you imagine if something like that happened to earth? I mean from the picture it looks as if the entire fucking planet is on fire.
[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;22153414]Science Rules.[/QUOTE] Now the Bill Nye theme is stuck in my head.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;22152401]Science hasn't done anything, this is a natural process[/QUOTE] And this year's numpty award goes to carcarcargo. Round of applause for him, ladies and gents!
holy fucking shit
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;22152401]Science hasn't done anything, this is a natural process[/QUOTE] Our understanding of science has enabled us to do this.
That is the COOLEST space pic I've seen in a while.
Cosmic Darwinism.
I love our technology.
G BACoN.
FYI, that is just an artist's rendering. It likely looks nothing like that.
unicron?
must be delicious. OM NOM NOM
Unicron, nothing to see here folks.
:byodood: Let's hope it doesn't come our way.
[QUOTE=Doomish;22157923]:byodood: Let's hope it doesn't come our way.[/QUOTE] Well if the Hubble couldn't get a good picture it must be far far away.
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