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Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-missed-the-dinosaurs dept.

coondoggie writes "Talk about finding a needle in a cosmic haystack. Scientists this week said they found microscopic shrapnel in a meteorite of a star they say exploded around the birth of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago."

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  1. The wonders of science... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Remarkable!

    Think of the odds: this meteorite landed 146 years ago in 1864.

    What are the chances that something would be flying around the solar system for nearly 4.5 billion years then hit this wee planet which was Created only 5854 years earlier?

    Most amazing indeed.

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    1. Re:The wonders of science... by TitusC3v5 · · Score: 5, Funny

      TFA was really sparse on details. It didn't even say what kind of super powers it would give us if we came in contact with it.

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    2. Re:The wonders of science... by AffidavitDonda · · Score: 5, Funny

      it will give you Hemolysis and survival of autologous red blood cells salvaged after cemented and uncemented total hip arthroplasty

    3. Re:The wonders of science... by corbettw · · Score: 4, Funny

      What an oddly specific power.

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    4. Re:The wonders of science... by c++0xFF · · Score: 5, Funny

      What are the chances that something would be flying around
      the solar system for nearly 4.5 billion years then hit this wee planet which
      was Created only 5854 years earlier?

      Easy: 50%. Either it'll happen or it won't. Pretty good odds, I'd say.

  2. Any files left? by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    Were they able to recover any files from Suprnova?

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  3. Re:Extreme sharpshooting by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is why you should never shoot blindly into the sky. Sure you think it's harmless, but your great-great-great-great(etc)-grandparents won't think it's so funny when they get attacked out of the blue by an alien race from another star system seeking revenge for your errant shot that just happened to kill their beloved leader. Your celebratory gunfire after your local sports team wins some meaningless (from a pan-galactic perspective) competition could end up sparking an interstellar war.

  4. Re:I would consider it to be 'dust'.. by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great. Now Pluto ranks below shrapnel.

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