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Earth to go splat on the Sun like bugs on windshield
2007-08-08
Pravda

Researchers at the European Southern Observatory suggested that planets could go splat against their stars like bugs on a windshield. The researchers put forth their theory after examining the spectrum of the stellar systems located next to the Sun.

The planetsÂ’ orbits are upset by gravitational disturbances caused by the impact of parent stars. The disturbances may as well be due to other reasons that remain to be seen. As a result, the planets fall into the fiery pits of hell. The majority of planets in the vicinity of their parent stars are doomed for destruction.
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#16  I notice that Lord Vader have abstained from commenting...
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-08-08 23:06  

#15  Euros + Anti-Stalinist Stalinist PRAVDA must have read my posts on what would happen iff God really Really REALLY REEEAAALLLY... got pissed off and ordered GABRIEL'S SWORD to destroy the Sun [expansion + nova], ergo never appeared on the Net no matter how many times tried to modify andor post. *D *** ng it, Lenin, don't I get even a Russian = Commie bikini babe(s)??? PRINCE/ARTIST KNOWN AS PRINCE > "Purple Rain, Purple Rain ....." > despite heavy rains and lousy weather, a Madonna fan on Guam sees an explosion in the skies. 1980's = 2007, ergo Secularists-Atheists say "GOD/RELIGION IS FAKE", " GOD DOES NOT EXIST", correct. GUMMINT CONTROLS EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE + IS THE SOLE BE-ALL, END-ALL, ALPHA-OMEGA OF EXISTENCE AND REALITY, LIFE AND DEATH, ETC. GOD HAS DECIDED TO PICK UP THE GAUNTLET OF CHALLENGE Humanity had better pray it has the tech, the will, the unity, and the global-space firepower to avoid - stop whats coming. *FIFTH ELEMENT [paraphrased] > RESPONSIVENESS, RETALIATION, ESCALATION, etal. IMPLIES EXISTENCE AND SENTIENCE,... REALITY WILL AND RESOLVE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-08-08 21:57  

#14  Mojo,

"In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was with Bomb #20, and the Word was Boom."

"That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle...

And the Lord spake thus, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-08-08 20:41  

#13  They're only talking about giant stars, not stars like the Sun

Don't tell Al!
Posted by: gorb   2007-08-08 17:10  

#12  Bomb #20: "Let there be light!"
Posted by: mojo   2007-08-08 17:09  

#11  Blowing up unstable planets was the job of the space ship in the movie Dark Star

I like that movie, first VHS I bought from the USA. Note to self : add it to my DVD stash.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-08-08 14:54  

#10  Um, no.

Here's the ESO press release. They're only talking about giant stars, not stars like the Sun, and in the last paragraph they get around to mentioning that this "pollution" occurs as the planetary system is forming. That is, when any actual planets are probably still cooling.

If you look at the actual paper, (I only read the abstract), it seems as if their main result was to find that planet-hosting giants have a lower metal[1] content than planet-hosting dwarfs (i.e. Sun-like stars). Their explanation is that the metals are there, they're just diluted in the larger stars.

So you can stand down the evacuation fleet.

[1]That is, elements heavier than helium.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2007-08-08 14:42  

#9  Blowing up unstable planets was the job of the space ship in the movie Dark Star.

Pinback: All right, bomb. Prepare to receive new orders.
Bomb#20: You are false data.
Pinback: Hmmm?
Bomb #20: Therefore I shall ignore you.
Pinback: Hello... bomb?
Bomb #20: False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive.
Pinback: Hey, bomb?
Bomb #20: The only thing that exists is myself.
Pinback: Snap out of it, bomb.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-08-08 14:41  

#8  Make mine a "double Splat" extra dry please, and likewise for the lady please. Dorothy, here's to all that money wasted on NASA all those years.
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-08-08 14:19  

#7  WWN did it on purpose and was funny, pravda is way too serious to be taken seriously.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-08-08 14:16  

#6  I was saddened when I heard that Weekly World News was shutting down, but then I remembered, "Oh, yeah. Pravda's still around!"
Made me feel better...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-08 14:13  

#5  WE'RE DOOMED! DOOMED!

Oh, well, that means I can gorge on food as much as I want, and revel in self-indulgence even more than today, because there is no tomorrow. That is actually kinda sweet. Thanks, pravda!
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-08-08 13:51  

#4  Notify Halliburton's "Space-Time Relativity & Attraction Division" in regards to this, please.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2007-08-08 13:14  

#3  Paul McCartney, prophet.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-08-08 12:14  

#2  We got a time frame on this because I gotta pick out my vacation time...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-08 11:51  

#1  So I guess global cooling is out then ?
Posted by: wxjames   2007-08-08 11:39  

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