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Matter Discovered Traveling at Near Light Speed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the celestial-slingshot dept.

mcgrew writes to mention New Scientist is reporting that scientists have clocked matter traveling at 99.999% the speed of light. "The fastest flows of matter in the universe shoot out of dying stars at more than 99.999% the speed of light, new observations reveal. When a massive star runs out of fuel, it collapses to form a black hole or a neutron star. In the process, some of the matter from the star also explodes outward at blistering speeds, producing an intense burst of gamma rays and other radiation."

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  1. 99.999% by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slackers.

    1. Re:99.999% by hkgroove · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, report back to us when your contrails are plaid.

    2. Re:99.999% by the+dark+hero · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's Ludicrous!

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  2. Re:What's the speed of force? by totallygeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey guys, let's say you have a 500 foot pole out in space, far away from anything (no friction, nothing). you are on one end of the pole, and i on the other. Then i push the pole towards you. When does the other end of the pole move towards you, after MY END MOVES? is it instantaneous? or does it take .000000005 seconds of whatever. Like the atoms of the pole push each other on and on and so forth till it gets to the end. if it does take time, is it faster than light, or slower? what if the pole was 300,000,000 meters long? does it take about 1 second for u to notice the other end moves?



    Do not try to push the pole. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no pole. Then you'll see, it is not the pole that is pushed, it is only yourself.


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  3. Re:Blistering speeds? by forrestt · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the speed at which an object in a vacuum must travel to spontaneously get blisters to appear on its surface. What did you think it meant?

  4. Re:What's the speed of force? by whimmel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woah! I can see why this hasn't been modded up yet. Too much emotion in your impression. Whoa.
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  5. Re:Red-shift? by PhxBlue · · Score: 5, Funny

    "But officer, the light looked green!"

    I tried that and got a citation for speeding instead. Do you have any idea what the fine is for going 201,184,560 mph in a 35-mph zone?

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