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Giant Explosion Observed
KFZ Versicherung writes "Space.com is reporting on the largest explosion ever seen in space. The outburst is orchestrated by a supermassive black hole that anchors a distant galaxy sitting amid a tight cluster of galaxies. The black hole has blown two huge bubbles into the galaxy, shoving aside a colossal amount of gas equal to the mass of a trillion Suns, or more than all the stars of our own Milky Way Galaxy."
I guess it wasn't so big ;)
However, I personally think this is a publicity stunt for the upcomming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie.
(Death Star reference requirement satisfied, in an oblique way)
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Nobody tell George!
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"Taligent is still pure vapor. Maybe they'll be the last who jumps up on Openstep... "
Looks like Jerry Bruckheimer is at it again. Blowing up things real good for his new movie. Already, Bruce Willis has been sighted in his really hideous corduroy spacesuit.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
*runs out side*
*looks at the sky*
*runs back inside*
It's ok everyone, move along. Nothing to see here.
"A light-year -- the distance light travels in one year -- is a measure of time, too, so the galaxy is more modern than many, seen as it existed well after the bulk of galaxy formation had taken place throughout the cosmos." That's dumbing down science. Just explain off spacetime by saying a lightyear is a measure of time. *watches the world slowly evolve into a slug*
"The eruption is 2.6 billion light-years away, compared to more than 12 billion light-years for the most distant known galaxies. A light-year -- the distance light travels in one year -- is a measure of time, too, so the galaxy is more modern than many, seen as it existed well after the bulk of galaxy formation had taken place throughout the cosmos."
:P
This happened 2.6 BILLION years ago! Come on editors this is a *news* site and 2.6 Billion years old isn't new! Shesh
Don't you know, this is all ancient history. ;)
Where is the kboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!
Ceci n'est pas un post.
I got a pr email from NASA quoting this. The headline was something like this: LARGEST ERUPTION IN THE GALAXY. If the mail hadn't been from NASA, that would be an exceedingly naughty subject line, even for a spam message. :D
Are you sure that was what it said? I got one this morning trying to sell me Lev1tra and V1-AG-RA, entitled "largest erection in the galaxy"
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
"The scene was captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array." So, where are the pictures? I like pictures. Science is no fun without pictures. Pictures are cool.
Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
One can only conjecture as to the smell of that place.
... and forgive me for over-simplifying ... the black hole belched? Someone get that celestial force an after-dinner mint.
Sorry, that was me. I put a defective fan on my Athlon XP and then I overcloked it. My bad.
Against stupidity the Gods themselves contend in vain.
Heard just before the explosion: "Ooops!!"
Found.
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(For those that watch Fox News, I'm joking. This explosion isn't from the fabled WMDs.)
But time and space seem to be the same.
Wait, let me try at near C velocity...
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But is that post really Insightful?
My other
I was kinda hoping this would have come from the "Big-ba-da-boom" department.
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Or am I too forgiving of /. editors?
Bitter and proud of it.
IIRC, there was no conclusive evidence pointing to Iraq. Iran was a more likely suspect.
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"Oops"
I knew I shouldn't have eaten that jumbo bean burrito!
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