Stellar blast is record-breaker

[minidog]

Astronomers have confirmed that an exploding star spotted by Nasa's Swift satellite is the most distant cosmic object to be detected by telescopes.

In the journal Nature, two teams of astronomers report their observations of a gamma-ray burst from a star that died 13.1 billion light-years away.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8329865.stm

 

[ezteban]

...and minidog is the most sexy cosmic moderator detected by Freeones :yesyes: !

 

[STDiva]

That's pretty far away. Cool find!

 

[tittenman]

MD you are after my own heart, love this sciencey stuff. That poor old star died very lonely and we have just found out about its demise! :thumbsup:

 

[mrtrebus]

Interesting, but disappointing. I thought Stellar Blast was the name of a porn star!

 

[maildude]

All that power, and still my iPod keeps blinking out...

 

[Spleen]

...and minidog is the most sexy cosmic moderator detected by Freeones :yesyes: !

As ezteban holds the record for getting his nose deeper in a mods asshole than anyone else.

 

[CunningStunts]

Amazing shit... whenever I start to try and fathom how far away htings are or just how big the universe is... well, my brain implodes.