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1cooldude
April 29th, 2009, 05:42 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have spotted a burst of energy from a dying star, setting a record for the oldest and most distant object seen by Earth yet.

The 10-second blast was from when the universe was only 630 million years old.

NASA's Swift satellite spotted the gamma-ray burst, an explosion of high-powered radiation, on April 23. Then ground telescopes watched the afterglow and calculated it had traveled about 13.1 billion light years to get here. It beat old records by 100 or 200 hundred million light years.

NASA astrophysicist Neil Gehrels said the star's fiery death gave birth to a black hole. The star was only 1 million years old or so and was about 30 times the size of our sun.


Source... (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_sc/us_sci_old_star)
Mels_Smileys45
April 29th, 2009, 09:10 PM
Now that Bea Aurthor is dead the oldest object is a lot further away...
1cooldude
April 30th, 2009, 03:53 AM
From a Pontiac to a Black Hole..wonder if there is a mathematical equation for that? :worried:
mountain_rage
April 30th, 2009, 10:40 AM
So does this mean Hunter finally reached his shadow?
fred_anon2000
April 30th, 2009, 02:25 PM
Idiots, It was god having a curry.
1cooldude
April 30th, 2009, 02:39 PM
Idiots, It was god having a curry.

that may very well be the case but He does not play dice.
fred_anon2000
April 30th, 2009, 04:07 PM
that may very well be the case but He does not play dice.

If he can make a bang like that after a curry who cares about the dice
1cooldude
April 30th, 2009, 07:17 PM
If he can make a bang like that after a curry who cares about the dice


be careful that those tachyons don't bite you in the ass, and the waning crescent doesn't eclipse the tides..:naughty:
fred_anon2000
May 1st, 2009, 02:58 PM
be careful that those tachyons don't bite you in the ass, and the waning crescent doesn't eclipse the tides..:naughty:

All i can think of is the state of his shorts:saevil:
1cooldude
May 1st, 2009, 03:39 PM
All i can think of is the state of his shorts:saevil:

why, did you loose a pair?
fred_anon2000
May 1st, 2009, 04:14 PM
why, did you loose a pair? I don't wear any.
King Abdullah
May 1st, 2009, 06:02 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have spotted a burst of energy from a dying star, setting a record for the oldest and most distant object seen by Earth yet.

If you think that is old you have not seen the privates of Queen Elizabeth. :scool:
Mels_Smileys45
May 11th, 2009, 12:03 PM
I am going to give you some jihad in a minute bub!
thepuzzler
May 11th, 2009, 12:20 PM
But then how would you use his Sports Book Software?