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Black Hole's 'Birth Scream' Heard Across Universe
foxnews.com ^
| Friday, September 12, 2008
| Andrea Thompson
Posted on 09/13/2008 9:25:42 AM PDT by nobama08
Six months ago, satellite telescopes spotted an exceptionally bright burst of energy that would have been the most distant object in the universe ever visible to the naked eye, if anyone had noticed it.
Even though no humans have reported seeing it directly, the gamma-ray burst, an explosion that signals the violent death of a massive star, is changing theories of how these events look.
Gamma-ray bursts are typically accompanied by intense releases of other forms of radiation, from X-rays to visible light.
This burst, dubbed GRB 080319B, was first detected by the Swift satellite on March 19, while the spacecraft was serendipitously looking at another gamma-ray burst in the same area of the sky.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; stringtheory
I don't understand this but it sure looks cool!
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:25:42 AM PDT
by
nobama08
To: SunkenCiv
Here’s one for your ping lists.
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:29:36 AM PDT
by
Kevmo
(Obama Birth Certificate is a Forgery. http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/certifigate/index?tab=articles)
To: nobama08
I think it’s just God winking at us, to let us know He’s there and hip to the jive of the Lefties/MSM. You know, sorta like a secret handshake, or when Carol Burnett used to tug at her ear lobe.
To: jwparkerjr
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posted on
09/13/2008 9:40:54 AM PDT
by
nobama08
To: Kevmo
Thanks Kevmo.
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posted on
09/13/2008 8:53:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: SunkenCiv
Hey, Civ... I think you forgot the rest of the ping list...
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posted on
09/13/2008 10:09:49 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(Obama Birth Certificate is a Forgery. http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/certifigate/index?tab=articles)
To: Kevmo; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; ...
I figured they heard the scream.
I wasn't at home, and didn't have the ping lists. :'(
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posted on
09/14/2008 9:45:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; Kevmo
I figured they heard the scream...
I heard something. 
IN space, No one can hear a scream.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:03:24 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Annoy the media, elect PALIN and McCAIN....errr....McCAIN / PALIN" 8^)
To: SunkenCiv; Kevmo
I figured they heard the scream...
I heard something.
IN space, No one can hear a scream.
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:03:36 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Annoy the media, elect PALIN and McCAIN....errr....McCAIN / PALIN" 8^)
To: SunkenCiv
Is their actually an FR string theory ping list? My mathematically inclined boyfriend wants to know.
To: gleeaikin
Well, there is, but many of the topics are more generally about physics, rather than being strictly about String Theory. It seemed like a good idea at the time though... ;’)
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posted on
09/14/2008 10:53:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: nobama08
“Birth Scream”
(Anthropomorphizing.)
To: nobama08
Clearly someone started a Super Collider on that star!
susie
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posted on
09/15/2008 5:37:03 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(Obama--Keep the change!)
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