Dark matter at the heart of the sun...
The Urth list — 5 messages, 3 voices, 04 Aug 2010
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes — 04 Aug 2010, 15:38

"A scientist at Royal Holloway, University of London believes dark
matter is lurking at the centre of the sun and cooling down its core
temperature."

Cue Twilight Zone theme.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100721132407.htm

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  Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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brunians at brunians.org — 04 Aug 2010, 15:40
  in reply to Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

What did Gene Wolfe do after the Korean war?

What kind of people do the intelligence services prefer to recruit?

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> "A scientist at Royal Holloway, University of London believes dark
> matter is lurking at the centre of the sun and cooling down its core
> temperature."
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> Cue Twilight Zone theme.
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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100721132407.htm
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> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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brunians at brunians.org — 04 Aug 2010, 15:42
  in reply to Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

http://www.submission.org/

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes — 04 Aug 2010, 15:47
  in reply to brunians at brunians.org

You have a positive gift for non-sequitur.

> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
> http://www.submission.org/
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Gwern Branwen — 04 Aug 2010, 15:53
  in reply to Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
> "A scientist at Royal Holloway, University of London believes dark
> matter is lurking at the centre of the sun and cooling down its core
> temperature."
> 
> Cue Twilight Zone theme.
> 
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100721132407.htm

Huh. I remember this from Stephen Baxter's Xeelee universe
(specifically _Ring_) - the dark matter 'photino birds' were
deliberately cooling the Sun to lengthen its lifespan and thus the
timespan in which they could reproduce using it (something about dark
matter needing high gravity to reach usable concentrations).

(Which is, of course, an entirely different mechanic and purpose than
black holes in the Sun's core.)

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  gwern

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