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Black Hole Birth Detected this Morning
An anonymous reader writes "SPACE.com is reporting on the first optical afterglow ever detected from a short-duration (milliseconds) Gamma-Ray Burst. The GRB signals the birth of a black hole resulting from a merger between two neutron stars. Theory had predicted the whole thing, which was all spotted this morning by NASA's Swift satellite and ground-based observatories, thanks to an automated email system that notifies astronomers worldwide."
The Gamma ray burst was determined to emitted from a very large cigarette lighter igniting a very, very large cigarette. SETI recorded the first successfully detected extraterrestrial broadcast of a message, which they believe was "Was it good for you, too?" Bachelor and bachelorette scientists around the world are extremely puzzeled and have few clues as to what it all means.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
It's unclear whether the newborn is a boy or a girl, but what is known is that it has no hair.
Dad's a little dazed...
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They had to tune down their email spam filter to let that one through...
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
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will require serious stitching or no star will want to merge with her again.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
The black hole was a noningth of an inch in length and weighed about the same as a large star.
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That's what I thought when I heard about Paula Abdul on Idol... this is how burned out old stars on earth behave, they attemt to merge with younger, brighter stars. A little titillation and BAM(!) their radiating again and the envy of all their neighboring dying stars.
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Too bad the Cygnus wasn't there to watch!
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It happened 2.2 billion years ago. Slashdot really needs to try and stay current.
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I almost put up a big "Happy Birthday you Big Black Hole" banner at work as a joke, but luckily I found out beforehand that one of my co-workers has a birthday today. I am guessing that banner wouldn't have gone over too well with him.
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Didn't you mean "theory had predicted the hole thing" ?
The burst has been named GRB050509b
I mean, really! How droll, how clever...
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must have been the microwave burritos
... just don't promise her the Moon....
God put them on earth to test you.
Via evolution, of course.
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RTFJ.
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