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August 17, 2007

Why Isn't This News?

Incredible. A star (not a hunk of ice---a freakin' STAR), familiar to astronomers for the past 400 years, reveals it's comet-like tail. A wake 13 light years long:

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Why do I learn of this from Lileks, two days after the story broke?

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Does a comet have a 13 light year long tail? I know it's been fun to play wackbash-a-tunnelingrodentmole lately with Beauchamp/TNR, but this is some real news for you dorks. A freakin' STAR with a fer-reakin' TAIL.... [Read More]

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