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100,000 Stars Are Cooking in the Globular Cluster

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Erinaceus
12/05/08

In reply to 100,000 Stars Are Cooking in the Globular Cluster
A sky full of suns...

Sounds hot, yet eerily appealing. Imagine a life form evolving on a world that never knows darkness...
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Grand_Marquis
12/05/08

@Erinaceus: With a significant number of those stars passing within a lightyear of each other, I doubt a planet could survive long enough to evolve life before the inevitable rogue-body collision. I'm willing to bet that cluster sees more traffic than the 405 during rush hour.
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corpore-metal
12/05/08

@Grand_Marquis: Maybe if the life evolved in a solar system on the edge of the globular cluster?
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
12/05/08

@Erinaceus: Like "Nightfall"? (tho that wasn't "never", just seldom)
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