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A pretty amazing Discovery - Sabre120 - 03-10-2011
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/...10308075851.htm
This is an article that relates to a discovery of a GRB (Gamma Ray Burster) in a galaxy some 850 million light years from Us. Whats more intriguing for me is that the discovery was made by one of the Professors who teaches at my uni, in fact the department right next to the one I learn in. Fantastic stuff.
A pretty amazing Discovery - VoluptaBox - 03-10-2011
Awesome...
The space is just fascinating...like many other things
You're lucky, dude :)
A pretty amazing Discovery - Xoria - 03-10-2011
Very interesting. Gamma ray bursts are game enders for anything in their path. The really interesting aspect to me is that this happened over 800 million years ago. What we're seeing is what used to be a long time ago. Star gazing is always fun, but contemplating that some of those stars might not even exist anymore is amazing to think about. Too bad they don't show us what that region/star looked like just before the light from the supernova reached Earth.
I read another article linked to this one, and it discusses a gamma ray burst from a supernova where the single exploding star shone brighter than its entire home galaxy for weeks afterward.
A pretty amazing Discovery - Sabre120 - 03-10-2011
Yeah it really is phenominal stuff. A GRB releases an energy burst equal to the amount of energy released from the star in its entire life time, and this occurs at the most in minutes. The only explosion more turbulent than a GRB was the Big Bang itself.
A pretty amazing Discovery - Sly - 03-10-2011
Need more Hypernovas!
A pretty amazing Discovery - r3vange - 03-10-2011
[color=#FFFFFF]*R3vange is aroused*