The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a planet-eating star. There it is above, as a poor little planet tries desperately to zigzag out of its way. (I am hoping, by the way, that the new iPhone will feature photo resolution on this scale.)

Given that many of us place little faith in the new Doctor (Who), no one’s sure what to do about this. It’s only 600 million light years away, meaning that it will get here long before BP figures out how to cap their oil spill.

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