"Vampire" Stars Found in Heart of Our Galaxy—A First

NatGeoNwes ^ | June 9, 2011 | Charles Choi

[BenLurkin]

Called blue stragglers, these cannibal stars have been spotted in other parts of the Milky Way. They seem to lag in age next to the other stars with which they formed—appearing hotter, and thus younger and bluer.

Astronomers suspect blue stragglers look so youthful because they've stolen hydrogen fuel from other stars, perhaps after colliding into their victims.

These cannibal stars are routinely found in dense star clusters, where stars have many chances to feed off each other. Now, however, scientists have found blue stragglers in the Milky Way's galactic bulge, a dense region of stars and gas surrounding the galaxy's center.

"For a long time, it was suspected there were blue stragglers in the bulge, but no one knew how many there might be," said Will Clarkson, an astronomer at Indiana University Bloomington and the University of California, Los Angeles.

"At long last, we've shown they're there."

[BenLurkin]

ping

[GAB-1955]

And these DO sparkle!

[Christian Engineer Mass]

i vant to suck your H₂

[annie laurie]

Ping of possible interest.

[killer_rat]

Galactic redistribution of wealth? Liberal stars, perhaps?

[Krankor]

vampire star

[mylife]

have they found any Porn Stars?

[KC_Lion]

I thought Commander Shepard already took care of the Collector base in the Galaxy's Center!?

[samtheman]

Not much chance of life in that neighborhood.

[sjmjax]

Big fish eat little fish.... seems to be the one of the basic laws of the Universe.

[Venturer]

It’s probably Bush’s fault.

[BenLurkin]

Uh.....um....errr.....ahem!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I want to name the blue twins - Bela and Lugosi.

It would only seem fitting to do this.

On earth, we have two vampires running the country, sucking it dry. Named “Obama” and “Michele”.

“We’re gonna need a bigger cross!”

[Rudder]

Vampirogenesis

[Rudder]

have they found any Porn Stars?

No, but here's our Galactic Bulge:

[SunkenCiv]

related topics from the FRchives:

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks annie laurie.

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[SunkenCiv]

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[Condor51]

"Vampire" Stars Found in Heart of Our Galaxy
Astronomers suspect blue stragglers look so youthful because they've stolen hydrogen fuel from other stars, perhaps after colliding into their victims.