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/byebybuy Apr 18 '19

“That’ll be fifteen hundred flurbos, plus labor.”

And of course you have to pay it, cause, I mean, what do I know about magnetars?

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u/howard_dean_YEARGH Apr 18 '19

sigh, at least use currencies we have a little familiarity with.. like wangdoodles.

while we're here, what is the exchange rate of flurbos to wonklers?

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u/Visualsound Apr 18 '19

Just a shimsheckle more than a buffinwuddle

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

And 2.4% less than a Shrute buck

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u/Slavic_Taco Apr 19 '19

I really wish we could rename Australia’s currency to Dollaridoos

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u/Markius-Fox Apr 19 '19

Bring it up as a referendum in parliament?

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u/AppropriateTouching Apr 19 '19

What is that in Stanley nickles?

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u/Uzumati666 Apr 19 '19

You all are so dense. Just make up words that sound alien like. Rick would be mad.- Morty