Comments on: Two stars, one planet http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 23:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Steve Nordquist http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1216315 Steve Nordquist Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1216315 It may be said that we stand on the shoulders of giants, seeing farther than they, applying rule 34, saving Star Alliance points for 200 light-year round trip voyages to high-gravity planets almost as fast as they. It may be said that we stand on the shoulders of giants, seeing farther than they, applying rule 34, saving Star Alliance points for 200 light-year round trip voyages to high-gravity planets almost as fast as they.

]]> By: rocobo9 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1215217 rocobo9 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1215217 get out of here, wierdo... get out of here, wierdo…

]]> By: rocobo9 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1215201 rocobo9 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1215201 let me apologise in advance for this: another galaxy is by default, far, far away. this star is within our galaxy and only a mere 200 light years away. oh god, what have i become?? let me apologise in advance for this: another galaxy is by default, far, far away. this star is within our galaxy and only a mere 200 light years away.

oh god, what have i become??

]]> By: Howard Dickins http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1214545 Howard Dickins Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1214545 Not just Tatooine.  How about Magrathea?  Not just Tatooine.  How about Magrathea? 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1214494 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1214494 Wouldn't that be 2stars1planet? Wouldn’t that be 2stars1planet?

]]> By: Hainbach http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1214490 Hainbach Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1214490 I see what you did in the headline. I see what you did in the headline.

]]> By: Machinehead http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1214384 Machinehead Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1214384 And it will only take 5.329.000 years to Voyager 1 get there... And it will only take 5.329.000 years to Voyager 1 get there…

]]> By: obeyken http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1214037 obeyken Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1214037 Fine, it's not like Tatooine, but regardless I now have "Luke's Theme" stuck in my head! Fine, it’s not like Tatooine, but regardless I now have “Luke’s Theme” stuck in my head!

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1214036 niktemadur Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1214036 You know what would be totally awesome?  This planet doing figure eights, swinging by each star at opposite points of its' orbit, like a spirograph! You know what would be totally awesome?  This planet doing figure eights, swinging by each star at opposite points of its’ orbit, like a spirograph!

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1213912 Jim Saul Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1213912 A moon might not be all that cold... geothermal heating as is observed on Titan and Io could stir things up a bit. What they didn't get into in the bit of the conference I watched was the place of these types of stars in the main sequence.  Is it likely that they are of a generation that would have heavier elements in the surrounding debris, or not? A moon might not be all that cold… geothermal heating as is observed on Titan and Io could stir things up a bit.

What they didn’t get into in the bit of the conference I watched was the place of these types of stars in the main sequence.  Is it likely that they are of a generation that would have heavier elements in the surrounding debris, or not?

]]> By: Chuck Holt http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1213734 Chuck Holt Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1213734 You're getting ahead of George Lucas -- he'll make that revision soon enough. You’re getting ahead of George Lucas — he’ll make that revision soon enough.

]]> By: NefariousNewt http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/two-stars-one-planet.html#comment-1213731 NefariousNewt Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117726#comment-1213731 Apparently that galaxy "far, far away" isn't so far, after all. Apparently that galaxy “far, far away” isn’t so far, after all.

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