The 1st Generation of Stars

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Posted by Hemos on Friday October 5, 2001 @07:43AM from the looking-into-the-past dept.

Andy_Howell writes "Astronomers may have found members of the first generation of stars in the universe. Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck I telescope, they observed a faint red blob that had been magnified into a double image by a gravitational lens. The blob was found to be a cluster of stars 13.6 billion light years away, seen when the age of the universe was less than a billion years old. The clump appears to contain only about a million stars, and is less than a few million years old. It is thought that swarms of these clumps came together over the age of the universe to create the galaxies we see today."

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hey by Eoli · 2001-10-05 07:46 · Score: -1, Troll

Who wants cock?
1. Re:hey by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 08:46 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  quit whining you faggot fuck. WHy don't you go moderate your cock into Hemos' asshole?
and...? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 07:48 · Score: -1, Troll

So, how is this related to linux?

Isn't this Slashdot?
phurst sp0rk! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 07:48 · Score: -1, Troll

I am cyborg_monkey's monkey! I have missed the first post!
Uh... a slight miscalculation by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 07:50 · Score: -1, Troll

The Universe is no older than 6000 years.
Re:Which one of these words doesn't belong? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 07:59 · Score: -1, Troll

So, cockgobbler, why are you posting here?
We don't like your kind over here.
Just curious. by perdida · 2001-10-05 07:59 · Score: 2, Troll

Is there any application for this kind of astronomy?

If I were a director of federal astronomy I would enthusiastically fund near-galactic research that searched for wormholes, civilizations, planets that could support life, etc -- any kind of knowledge we need for a feasible star economy.

Basic science is nice, but erstwhile star captains probably wouldn't find the universe's origins very relevant.

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I agree by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 07:59 · Score: -1, Troll

"seen when the age of the universe was less than a billion years old."

That's like, uh... now?
These scientists sure are good at revealing the obvious!
Re:I'm amazed by vandan · 2001-10-05 09:50 · Score: 0, Troll

I read that book, and yes it is a much more consistent theory than the big bang theory. I am constantly amazed by the rate at which new types of matter are invented to hold together the fraying edges of the big bang theory. As I can see other people have also read this book, and ... well ... it seems that most people simpily can't handle scientific truth when it goes against pre-conceived ideas. Their loss...
Mod down! goatse! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-10-05 10:03 · Score: -1, Troll

Somebody mod this crap down, he put that goatse pic on his geocities account! Whatever you do, don't open the link, it's the most disgusting thing you ever saw! Mod his ass down! (no pun intended)