[SunkenCiv]

The atmosphere of the planet was scorched and eroded after the X-Ray flare of its neighbouring star. Picture: NASA Source: Supplied

[cripplecreek]

The upside is that no one on that planet will ever need to pass through a TSA scanner again.

[InvisibleChurch]

a warning to other planets without universal health care

[NoGrayZone]

I guess that planet wasn’t paying enough taxes and had to be blasted.

[Bryanw92]

Obi-Wan: That’s no moon. It’s a space station.

[Bratch]

Well, we all know what happened the last time a planet exploded.

[Lx]

I sure hope it isn’t Romulus and Spock is again too late to stop the planet’s destruction.

[mountainlion]

How come the pictures are all cartoon? Where are the real data, real pictures?

[aimhigh]

Real global warming!

[NormsRevenge]

How the heck do they know 900 tonnes of the upper atmosphere got blasted away? and has the EPA been notified?

[Verginius Rufus]

Well, if the star is 63 light-years away, this actually happened in the latter half of 1948 or the first half of 1949. Therefore it’s Harry Truman’s fault, not George W. Bush’s.

[Larry Lucido]

Alderon?

[JRios1968]

What NASA couldn't see (due to the angle)