Star explodes halfway across universe

[slowhand]

WASHINGTON - The explosion of a star halfway across the universe was so huge it set a record for the most distant object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye.


The aging star, in a previously unknown galaxy, exploded in a gamma ray burst 7.5 billion light years away, its light finally reaching Earth early Wednesday.

The gamma rays were detected by NASA's Swift satellite at 2:12 a.m. "We'd never seen one before so bright and at such a distance," NASA's Neil Gehrels said. It was bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.



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[young_guns]

damn

 

[maildude]

Well at least we discovered a new galaxy. The piece said it was located in a previously uncharted galaxy.

 

[teddream]

WOW. Does this mean it happened about 7.5Billion Years ago?

Good I haven't been there then. Would have been blown to thousand pieces.

 

[BlueBalls]

Cool.

 

[minidog]

:thumbsup:good stuff slowey

 

[Legzman]

WOW. Does this mean it happened about 7.5Billion Years ago?

Boggles the mind doesn't it? To think it took that many years for the light to reach us? Makes you wonder how big the universe really is

 

[teddream]

WASHINGTON - The explosion of a star halfway across the universe was so huge it set a record for the most distant object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye.


The aging star, in a previously unknown galaxy, exploded in a gamma ray burst 7.5 billion light years away, its light finally reaching Earth early Wednesday.

The gamma rays were detected by NASA's Swift satellite at 2:12 a.m. "We'd never seen one before so bright and at such a distance," NASA's Neil Gehrels said. It was bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.



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WoW - That means it happened 7.5 Billion Year ago! What's new today?:*****:

 

[shayd]

WoW - That means it happened 7.5 Billion Year ago! What's new today?:*****:

Uh, his account has been closed for over a year now, and this thread is pretty old.

 

[DJCowboy]

I thought I heard millions of voices suddenly cry out in ****** and then suddenly silenced.


Actually this story is crazy. It's weird to think this actually occurred before our solar system was even formed and now has finally reached us. The universe really needs to upgrade to a better news delivery system.

 

[thepornguy]

[edit: wait, never mind]

 

[CunningStunts]

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the **** store, but that's just peanuts to space.

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[StanScratch]

If it was a couple of years that the light from the explosion just reached us, the after shock should be approaching us very, very soon.



At least, very, very soon in universal sorts. You know, like in about 2.4 billion more years. By then, the aftershock should have the equivalence of an ant sneezing.

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

There's no such thing as an aftershock in space. It's a vacuum, you need air molecules for an after shock.

 

[vodkazvictim]

Not so cool if an ***** race caused the star to explode in order to wipe out another ***** race - we're next!

 

[Trident1]

Well the blue white dot is our home.

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[DJCowboy]

^ What location in the solar system was that taken from? I don't think we've purposely sent anything really beyond Pluto, have we?

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

^ What location in the solar system was that taken from? I don't think we've purposely sent anything really beyond Pluto, have we?

I think Voyager just made it to the Ort Cloud.

 

[Ulysses31]

What our solar system would look like to ***** astronomers

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[GregCentauro]

I hope that star is Lady Gaga.