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Blazing Speed: The Fastest Stuff In The Universe

Posted by timothy on from the and-by-stuff-he-means-actual-stuff dept.

Unfallversicherung writes "'If you're light, it's fairly easy to travel at your own speed -- that is to say 186,282 miles per second or 299,800 kilometers per second. But if you are matter, then it's another matter altogether.' Astronomers are now measuring matter that moves at 99.9 percent of light-speed. Jupiter-sized blobs of hot gas embedded in streams of material ejected from hyperactive galaxies known as blazars."

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  1. hrmm by odyrithm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    must explain Donald Trump's speedy way to richs...

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    moo
  2. Re:Mod parent down by Xeo+024 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod parent flamebait, letters in bold spell "die". ;)

  3. Re:Mod parent down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fuck you all, including mothers and children in your immediate family.

    Ooops...it was only supposed to be certain characters in bold, no?

    Sorry.