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NASA Detects Nearby Mystery Explosion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kaboooooom dept.

starexplorer2001 writes "Space.com is reporting that NASA has detected a 'totally new' mystery explosion near our galaxy." From the article: "The event, detected Feb. 18, looks something like a gamma-ray burst (GRB), scientists said. But it is much closer--about 440 million light-years away--than others. And it lasted about 33 minutes. Most GRBs are billions of light-years away and last less than a second or just a few seconds."

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  1. Re:I'm confused by roystgnr · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I believe the light travels about 12 inches in a nanosecond.

    Google agrees.

    It makes you realize just how fast multi-Gigahertz processors are, doesn't it? Look over at your computer - by the time the light from it reaches your eyes, it's probably already working on it's next instruction.