Astronomers see oldest object in universe yet

**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.

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**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

Originally Posted by fred_anon2000

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

Originally Posted by 1cooldude

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

Originally Posted by fred_anon2000

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

Originally Posted by 1cooldude

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

Originally Posted by fred_anon2000

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

Originally Posted by 1cooldude

why, did you loose a pair?

I don't wear any.

**King Abdullah** · May 1st, 2009, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by 1cooldude

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: