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Largest Lens Ever Discovered
K Tanmay writes "A team of Astronomers have found a natural lens capable of resolving details as fine as 10 microarcseconds across - equivalent to seeing a sugar cube on the Moon, from Earth. The lens comprises of a cloud of interstellar gas, and works on the principle of scintillation; where the clumpiness inside a cloud of gas creates a density change thus bending and focusing the light. This technique, dubbed 'Earth-Orbit Synthesis', will be first used to study black holes in distant quasars, so don't expect spectacular wallpaper replacing images. There's also an interview with Dr. Hayley Bignall, an astronomer from the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Europe (JIVE), where she discusses the concept of using interstellar scintillation to get observations that we could never measure from here on earth." Update: 02/22 18:23 GMT by T : That wikipedia link had led to the wrong place; here's the definition for arcsecond if you still want to read it.
/me imagines a Beowulf cluster of these starlike objects.
The more you know, the less you need. [Admin added: from me.]
I wonder if we can use it to find SCO's future?
Oh, I apologize in advance for this, but K Tanmay has been busted by the Grammar Police for the following:
Semicolons are used for separating independent clauses, not dependent ones. Use a comma instead.
Again, sorry. This is just my...
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Or he may be brown. Oh, and a man.
For every annoying gentoo user, are three even more annoying anti-gentoo crybabies. Take Yosh from #Gimp for example.
Wow! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?!?!
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Modding "-1, Troll" is not a proper response if you disagree with me. Try reason.
So, what is this intergalactic pervert all about?