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Sun’s Twin Discovered — the Perfect SETI Target?

There are 10 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy that are the same size as our sun. Therefore it should come as no surprise that astronomers have identified a clone to our sun lying only 200 light-years away.

Still, it is fascinating to imagine a yellow dwarf that is exactly the same mass, temperature and chemical composition as our nearest star. In a recent paper reporting on observations of the star — called HP 56948 — astronomer Jorge Melendez of the University of San Paulo, Brazil, calls it “the best solar twin known to date.”

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thedailywhat:

Animated GIF of the Day: An important reminder from blackout participant The Oatmeal of all the wonderful things at stake in sitting idly by while SOPA/PIPA are allowed to pass.

Look it up.

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crooked indifference: 21 Reasons Why The English Language Sucks

luckyshirt:

by Sheetr

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.

2. The farm was used to produce produce.

3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.

4. We must polish the Polish furniture.

5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6. The soldier decided to desert…

djsavage:

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urhajos:

‘A Beautiful Death’ by Terry Fan

Ghosts and Onionskins: Whosoever reads these wordsare poisoned by my penset to die a poets...

ghostsandonionskins:

Whosoever reads these words
are poisoned by my pen
set to die a poets death
and read to die again
are trapped at night in wood trimmed rooms
we breathe and bleed in tune
Whosoever reads these words
they feel them like a wound

Whosoever saves their lips
from the storytellers cross
from…