News: 2022-04-21_11-49-15_des-astronomes-decouvrent-les-micronovae

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Des astronomes découvrent les micronovae, un nouveau type d'explosion stellaire

(2022-04-21_11-49-15)


Des astronomes de l’Observatoire européen austral ont découvert les micronovae, un nouveau type d’explosion stellaire. Ce phénomène remet en question les hypothèses retenues jusqu’à présent sur la façon dont certaines étoiles explosent.


"I thought that you said you were 20 years old!"
"As a programmer, yes," she replied,
"And you claimed to be very near two meters tall!"
"You said you were blonde, but you lied!"
Oh, she was a hacker and he was one, too,
They had so much in common, you'd say.
They exchanged jokes and poems, and clever new hacks,
And prompts that were cute or risque'.
He sent her a picture of his brother Sam,
She sent one from some past high school day,
And it might have gone on for the rest of their lives,
If they hadn't met in L.A.
"Your beard is an armpit," she said in disgust.
He answered, "Your armpit's a beard!"
And they chorused: "I think I could stand all the rest
If you were not so totally weird!"
If she had not said what he wanted to hear,
And he had not done just the same,
They'd have been far more honest, and never have met,
And would not have had fun with the game.
-- Judith Schrier, "Face to Face After Six Months of
Electronic Mail"