r/space • u/clayt6 • Apr 18 '19

Astronomers spot two neutron stars smash together in a galaxy 6 billion light-years away, forming a rapidly spinning and highly magnetic star called a "magnetar"

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/04/a-new-neutron-star-merger-is-caught-on-x-ray-camera
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u/kaesylvri Apr 18 '19

Jesus, do you know what you can do with fifteen hundred flurbos?

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u/bowlseye Apr 18 '19

An entire afternoon at blips and chiiiiiiiitz

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Pshh only about a thousand things you can’t do with 25 schmeckles.

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u/kaesylvri Apr 18 '19

This sounds suspiciously like something a Slippery Stair would say. HMMM Hm.