Ten-day optical burst shows star eating giant planet, scientists say

Scientists have concluded that an unexplained optical burst from the Milky Way galaxy provides evidence of a star eating up its local giant planet. MIT post-doctoral fellow Kishalay De and his colleagues first noticed anomalies with ZTF SLRN-2020, a star 12,000 light-years away, near the eagle-like constellation Aquila in the …

[The Oncoming Scorn]

We're Doomed!

ARTHUR: But what was wrong with your planet?

CAPTAIN: Well it was doomed - as I said. Apparently it was going to crash into the sun. Or was it the moon that was going to crash into us?

NUMBER ONE: No, no, I thought it was that the planet was more or less bound to be invaded by a gigantic swarm of twelve-foot piranha bees.

NUMBER TWO:No, no, no. That’s not what I was told! My commanding officer swore blind that the entire planet was in imminent danger of being eaten by an enormous mutant star goat.

[John Brown (no body)]

Nom nom nom.

That is all. Goodnight.

[Jusme]

Is that you Galactus?

Urrrrrrppp!

[Michael]

I misread that headline

I thought that the planet was eating the star. I was very confused. I need more beer.

[Jellied Eel]

Re: I misread that headline

I was very confused. I need more beer.

And a towel, and some salted peanuts. But I thought the same, and figured Pac-Man Prime would be a good name for the planet.. Unless it's following a trail of other stars, and heading in our general direction.

[Scott 26]

"click to enlarge"

... results in an image 477x204px (which I guess is technically correct from the article's embedded image of 442x189px)

[ThatOne]

Re: "click to enlarge"

Never believe those "enlargement" claims...

[John Brown (no body)]

Re: "click to enlarge"

The official El Reg term is "embiggenment"

[Roj Blake]

Re: "click to enlarge"

Which is, as everyone knows, a perfectly cromulent word.

[Francis Boyle]

Re: "click to enlarge"

I find that porn usually actually works.