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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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To: entropy12

Run a pipe line to it…


61 posted on 02/06/2023 6:49:28 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: entropy12

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Whoopi’s Cushion finally blew.


62 posted on 02/06/2023 6:57:27 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
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To: DoodleBob

Leftover Christmas wrapping paper? That the dogs played with.


63 posted on 02/06/2023 6:58:45 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: Jim Robinson
With its high-beams on.

-PJ

64 posted on 02/06/2023 7:00:28 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: entropy12

How many million light years away? More than the big bang?


65 posted on 02/06/2023 7:03:25 PM PST by californian by choice
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To: Renfrew

We can observe all sorts of phenomena, and even their effects. But that doesn’t tell us how they really work.

It’s said that ‘no man is an island’. I think that’s true of elemental forces, too.


66 posted on 02/06/2023 7:11:51 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Ex gun maker.

“And the practical effect on my life?
Zero.”

So far.


67 posted on 02/06/2023 7:43:32 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...



68 posted on 02/07/2023 7:57:48 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: entropy12

Jesus?...................


69 posted on 02/07/2023 8:01:04 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DoodleBob

She saw it in Haverty’s and just couldn’t resist!...................


70 posted on 02/07/2023 8:02:34 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: entropy12

Two ways this could be wildly wrong, both could apply:

1. The distance is much less than they calculate, meaning the radiated power is also much less than they calculate.

2. The object is not isotropic (radiating equally in all directions), but is instead creating a narrow beam aimed in our direction. Aka the flashlight effect. The initial miscalculation many years ago about AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) was that they were isotropic, which would have meant the radiated power was ludicrous. Later they discovered black holes were driving the AGN we observed and the high power measured was because we were looking down the throat of the black hole jets.


71 posted on 02/07/2023 9:51:08 AM PST by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: JustaTech

You are probably more likely to be correct than wrong.
Based on using physics during my career as a mechanical engineer, I am well aware of measurement errors.


72 posted on 02/07/2023 9:54:16 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: californian by choice

The way I understand big bang, it was as close to infinity as one can get, since the whole universe was formed with the big bang. I do not think the big bang was a local event, to measure distance from it.


73 posted on 02/07/2023 9:56:23 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: buwaya

Practical effect of 97.5% of space exploration on life of a middle class American is close to zero. It is all about curiosity and exercising the brain. Somewhat similar to conquering mount Everest in the early 1950’s. People risked their life to reach the summit. Did that change our lives? Mostly not.


74 posted on 02/07/2023 9:59:23 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: Red Badger

Sure, why not? Believers are entitled to believe.


75 posted on 02/07/2023 10:00:34 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: entropy12

I kind of like my space pens, freeze-dried ice cream, and computer mouse...


76 posted on 02/07/2023 5:21:35 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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