Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Astronomers Watch Star Devouring Planet

I guess some hyperbole comes in handy when you're trying for grants and other funding, it's definitely the norm for reporters. In the article though at least the researching team isn't quoted saying they observed it happening, but that they found evidence of it having happened. Another supposed scientist from Spain had to through in the "caught in the act" line though.

Granted something that far away will never be observed as it happened, but it's not like they observed the occurrence as it appeared here. It's like the difference between seeing the blood on the ground and a body and seeing the person being shot. One is seeing the act, one is seeing the evidence.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/Cxn0AwmdQnk/astronomers-watch-star-devouring-planet

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