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Huge Star Quake Rocks Milky Way

Posted by Zonk on from the hold-on-sol! dept.

SJrX writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists have detected "the biggest explosion observed by humans within [the past 400 years]". The explosion luckily occured about 50,000 light years away form us, on the far side of the Milky Way, as the article goes on to say that had the explosion been within 10 light years of us, it "would possibly have triggered a mass extinction.""

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  1. This is evidence of the Death Star by Coldglow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is Star Wars in are backyard? Be warned the Sith are coming.

  2. offtopic karma burn by koreaman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is offtopic and I'm karma burning, yeah, but you all just have to read this, it's 1337 the microsoft way... one of the funniest things I have read in a long time.

    the link

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  3. AHAH!!! by RootsLINUX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So that's where Iraq was keeping their weapons of mass destruction! I bet Bush feels pretty dumb for looking everywhere but up!

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  4. Worst Post Ever by AddressException · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Worst... Post... Ever....

  5. Re:Gee... by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because all the ones who voted for Kerry and Nader don't live on Planet Earth.

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