Perhaps a planet with something as wonderful as naturally occurring cold fusion? Whatever they are, I propose that we call them starlets.
Hmmm. The article has two suggestions: The article doesn't mention the class of star those things are orbiting, nor where in the night sky the star might be found. That info might be useful. Well, if Jason Rowe is right... [puts on sunglasses] ... they have a bright future ahead of them.
It's an anomaly! Its purpose is to attract and destroy starships, kind of like a bug zapper for warp-capable species. (Oh wait, this thread is about real life? Never mind. )
Would be interesting if they are perhaps made of a substance which will have potential to be mined and used for power/propulsion systems...
Well, the tall one with the cigarette looks like Sigourney Weaver. Danged if I knows who the rest of them "Sky-People is though! But DON'T they look REAL--almost like you could jes' reach out an' TOUCH them!
at >15000'C, they are not going to be made of chemical compounds. More like balls of plasma. Maybe the planet's former residents were fool enough to build a huge particle accelerator, and unwittingly turned their planet and its moon into strangelet matter. The heat we see being the energy given out in the cascading conversion process.
If they're that hot, how have we not detected them before? Shouldn't they be plain as day in infrared?