NASA finds actual Shooting Star

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Submitted by morganbatchava on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 10:34pm. ::

NASA discovers a speeding star named "Mira" with a tail thats 13 light-years long.

NASA article

The fascination I have with this just proves how much of a geek I am.

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Cool
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Submitted by Ruth on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 1:01pm.

I wonder if it is unique or if they will find more of this sort of thing by scanning in UV.

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Poor Pluto
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Submitted by morganbatchava on Fri, 08/17/2007 - 11:49pm.

It almost makes up for them renouncing Pluto as a planet... almost.

And by the time you read this, I will have finally met you in person... so nice to meet you, and thank you for the posting-welcome.


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