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Record Discovery: Three Large Stars Locked in a Space Smaller Than Mercury's Orbit (www.sciencealert.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's not gonna end well

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dunno, I think it will end brilliantly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They have a bright future ahead of them!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

They'll go out with a bang.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Since posting, I've actually re-evaluated. With the benefit of hindsight, I think it'll be lucky if it's three stars.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The three body problem!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'm torn between looking for Trisolarans or sending the stars' coordinates in space to have them explode.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Imagine the gravitational stress in the middle!