Excellent use of the word "masses". Well done that journalist.

Is what we're seeing today. It's a shame we can't really get closer to the event and relay the images in double...more than that even quick time.

I wonder if it's even there any more?

An article on pulsars which doesn't mention Jocelyn Bell Burnell?

Huh!

...only equals 25,000 years ago if the speed of light has remained constant throughout that time - which Einstein doubted.

...but it was missed opportunity to talk about Roche Lobe Overflow..

Given the physics of such systems, in particular the strong X-rays and enormous tidal forces, I think 25,000 ly (or about 7,700 pc) is quite close enough!

The ultimate simulation of a news story. About a simulacrum too! Is this a record?

(Like others, I don't believe in neutron stars whizzing around at the rate of 1 Lucy per second, but in plasma in hydrostatic equilibrium and behaving as a relaxation oscillator).

Where's the Paris Hilton angle?