Extraordinary cosmic blast in a distant galaxy puzzle scientists

Scooby_Doo

Scooby_Doo

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shouldn't that be 3.8 billion light years away and not just 3.8?
 
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stricken

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sigh. whenever we cannot explain Vorgon death rays, we say "its probably a star ripped apart by a super massive black hole"... ya.. whatever.
 
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kerbyross

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Starship enterprise better get completed already !
lol

I love how it takes one bit of news from space to make us realize how small we really are in the big scheme of things.
 
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Willie Trombone

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Jola said:
Yes, but at warp speed ?

The Klingons could be here tomorrow ...
Click to expand...

This place is too small, they can't pick us up on their radar rofl.

You don't have to be religious to enjoy the facts from this clip:
[video=youtube;1KqziOKZ4AE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqziOKZ4AE[/video]

Some of those comparisons are mind blowing...
I particularly like the comparison of Canis Majoris to the earth where an earth the size of a golf ball would compare with CM the size of Mr Everest.
 
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luxe

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The galaxy is 3.8 billion light years from Earth. A light year is about 6 trillion miles.

I hate it when everything is put into perspective like that.
 
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