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Astronomer Have Discovered A Mysterious Object, Which Is 570 Billion Times Brighter Than The Sun
/blog.physics-astronomy ^ | Unknown | Umer Abrar

Posted on 02/06/2023 5:12:32 PM PST by entropy12

Billions of light years away, there is a giant ball of hot gas that is brighter than hundreds of billions of suns. It is hard to imagine something so bright. So what is it? Astronomers are not really sure, but they have a couple theories.

They think it may be a very rare type of supernova — called a magnetar — but one so powerful that it pushes the energy limits of physics, or in other words, the most powerful supernova ever seen as of today.

This object is so luminous that astronomers are having a really difficult time finding a way to describe it. “If it really is a magnetar, it's as if nature took everything we know about magnetars and turned it up to 11,” said Krzysztof Stanek, professor of astronomy at Ohio State University and the team's co-principal investigator, comedically implying it is off the charts on a scale of 1 to 10.The object was first spotted by the All Sky Automated Survey of Supernovae (ASAS-SN or “assassin”), which is a small network of telescopes used to detect bright objects in the universe. Although this object is ridiculously bright, it still can’t be seen by the naked eye because it is 3.8 billion light years away.

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KEYWORDS: asassn; asassn15lh; astronomy; carringtonevent; catastrophism; christopherkochanek; cme; coronalmassejection; hst; krzysztofstanek; magnetar; ohiostate; physics; science; sida; sun; supernova; toddthompson
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To: entropy12
I thought they were talking about Jill's Grammy dress.


21 posted on 02/06/2023 5:26:46 PM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Robert DeLong

22 posted on 02/06/2023 5:27:26 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: entropy12
one so powerful that it pushes the energy limits of physics

The about the physics that we know. But, the physics of the universe is unknowable. Define something one day, and have to re-examine your theories the next day.

Let's go back to the drawing table.
23 posted on 02/06/2023 5:29:57 PM PST by adorno
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To: entropy12

If I cannot see it by eyeball, I do not worry about it...

If it is a danger to us, Joe will protect us...
Nothing can sneak up on the United States of America...


24 posted on 02/06/2023 5:30:04 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: entropy12

E.T. left his night light on, again.


25 posted on 02/06/2023 5:31:07 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: entropy12

Well, We know it’s not Joe Biden.


26 posted on 02/06/2023 5:31:28 PM PST by cquiggy
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To: entropy12

“Good thing this object is 3,8 Billion light years away, otherwise it would cause global warming on earth LOL.”

They’d still blame us.


27 posted on 02/06/2023 5:33:43 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To put that number in perspective, 570,000,000,000 is the number you get if you divide 1 by the collective sum of the IQs of the democratic members of congress and multiply it by e


28 posted on 02/06/2023 5:34:01 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: AlaskaErik

“More like a big wheel.”

More like a slice of lemon in a glass of seltzer or 7UP or Sprite.


29 posted on 02/06/2023 5:34:59 PM PST by oldvirginian (A friend helps you move furniture. A Real friend helps you move bodies. )
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To: entropy12

We have no idea how bright it is today.

A good probably that it is Black


30 posted on 02/06/2023 5:36:16 PM PST by algore
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To: entropy12

“It’s 106 billion light years to the bright thing. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.”


31 posted on 02/06/2023 5:37:18 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: entropy12

That’s nothing, when I was growing up I was so bright my Mom called me son.


32 posted on 02/06/2023 5:37:44 PM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: entropy12

Must be the aura that was around 0bama’s head the media put thee now that he’s done with it.


33 posted on 02/06/2023 5:37:55 PM PST by SkyDancer (Hold on tight to your dream)
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To: Magnum44

Deanna - “Great Joy...and Gratitude”


34 posted on 02/06/2023 5:39:49 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: DoodleBob

Amazing what they can do with aluminum foil these days.


35 posted on 02/06/2023 5:40:49 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Jamestown1630
I’m still waiting for our scientists to resolve a theory of gravity...

Resolving gravity will have as great an effect on you as this object.

36 posted on 02/06/2023 5:41:51 PM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: entropy12

Looks like a couple astronomers have finally found God. Maybe they’ll even learn a thing or two from Him.


37 posted on 02/06/2023 5:41:52 PM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: Jamestown1630

“I’m still waiting for our scientists to resolve a theory of gravity...”

Umm.. you need to catch up on your news. Newton got that one figured out in 1687.


38 posted on 02/06/2023 5:41:58 PM PST by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: Renfrew

No. He just figured out that gravity IS, not how it actually works.


39 posted on 02/06/2023 5:45:56 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: IndispensableDestiny

It might have a great effect on other things than just my little life.


40 posted on 02/06/2023 5:46:52 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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