asteroid hits sun

[Yousuf Khan]

Quite the record for thin-skinnery, killfiling two people in the same
thread for daring to disagree with your so obviously thought out theory?

Yousuf Khan

*plonk*
Do not reply to this generic message, it was automatically generated;
you have been kill-filed, either for being boringly stupid, repetitive,
unfunny, ineducable, repeatedly posting politics, religion or off-topic
subjects to a sci. newsgroup, attempting cheapskate free advertising
for profit, because you are a troll, simply insane or any combination
or permutation of the aforementioned reasons; any reply will go unread.
Boringly stupid is the most common cause of kill-filing, but because
this message is generic the other reasons have been included. You are
left to decide which is most applicable to you.
There is no appeal, I have despotic power over whom I will electronically
admit into my home and you do not qualify as a reasonable person I would
wish to converse with or even poke fun at. Some weirdoes are not kill-
filed, they amuse me and I retain them for their entertainment value
as I would any chicken with two heads, either one of which enables the
dumb bird to scratch dirt, step back, look down, step forward to the
same spot and repeat the process eternally.
This should not trouble you, many of those plonked find it a blessing
that they are not required to think and can persist in their bigotry
or crackpot theories without challenge.
You have the right to free speech, I have the right not to listen. The
kill-file will be cleared annually with spring cleaning or whenever I
purchase a new computer or hard drive.
I hope you find this explanation is satisfactory but even if you don't,
damnly my frank, I don't give a dear. Have a nice day.

[Yousuf Khan]

What would happen if two stars collided?
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I'd suggest the dual nature of the rings is the result of a collision
of two stars rather than a single star exploding spontaneously.
It's not an event that happens often, but there are so many stars
it would be strange indeed if it never happened at all.

Wait a minute, this is a picture of SN 1987A, one of the most famous
supernovas in history. It's definitely a supernova.
Besides two stars merging would be basically like a two blobs of oil
merging in a lava lamp. It'll create a bigger blob, but it won't explode.
Yousuf Khan

Sure, whatever you say. You've obviously experimented by banging
stars together to see if they explode or not and they don't, but one star
can explode all by itself and create two rings.
Fucking idiot!
*plonk*

Actually Androcles, if you're still able to follow threads through your
thin-skin protection lotion, there is something you might be interested
in. They type of explosion you refer to has been discovered and named.

It's called a "Luminous Red Nova", and it results from the merger of two
main sequence stars. It's brighter than a nova, not as bright as a
supernova.

Luminous red nova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_Red_Nova

Yousuf Khan