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Massive gamma ray bubbles discovered in galaxy center
AFP on Yahoo ^
| 11/9/10
| AFP
Posted on 11/09/2010 5:57:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) Two huge, unexplained gamma ray emitting bubbles have been discovered at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, US astronomers said Tuesday.
Masked by a fog of gamma rays that appears throughout the sky, the bubbles form a feature spanning 50,000 light-years and could be the remnant of a supersized black hole eruption or the outflows from a burst of star formation, the astronomers said.
The structure spans more than half of the visible sky, from the constellation Virgo to the constellation Grus, and it may be millions of years old, the astronomers said in a paper The Astrophysical Journal has agreed to publish.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: bubbles; catastrophism; discovered; gammaray; massive; milkyway; stringtheory; xplanets
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This NASA handout image shows an artist's concept of the Milky Way. Two huge, unexplained gamma ray emitting bubbles have been discovered at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, US astronomers said Tuesday. (AFP/NASA/File)
To: NormsRevenge
Gamma ray bubbles
In the wine
Gamma ray bubbles
Make you feel fine
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:00:38 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: NormsRevenge
Gamma rays?
HULK SMASH!!!
3
posted on
11/09/2010 6:02:48 PM PST
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Vayachalom vehinneh sullam mutztzav 'artzah, vero'sho maggi`a hashamaymah . . .)
To: NormsRevenge; KevinDavis
Steer Clear if headed that way
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:02:50 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: NormsRevenge
Watch out for fleeing Pierson’s Puppeteers!
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:10:10 PM PST
by
Malsua
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:10:17 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: NormsRevenge
that’s why everyone drove me NUTS at work this week!
To: NormsRevenge
Gamma rays are influential in cloud formation.
The GW alarmists need to find a way to get to the center of the galaxy, and limit the gamma rays.
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:12:35 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: NormsRevenge
That was me, sorry.
The cooked cabbage does it to me every time.
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:13:01 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: NormsRevenge
Paging Doctor David Banner.
LLS
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:26:58 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: Malsua
Watch out for fleeing Piersons Puppeteers! My real name is Harkobeeporlen.
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:49:42 PM PST
by
Focault's Pendulum
(Please...someone...ask the ashole to leave the office.)
To: Malsua
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posted on
11/09/2010 7:11:47 PM PST
by
Dryman
("FREE THE LONG FORM!")
To: NormsRevenge
So...the galaxy has gas...so what...it is natural.
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posted on
11/09/2010 7:31:36 PM PST
by
VRW Conspirator
(The greatest deterrent to liberalism is sunlight.)
To: NormsRevenge
And that's why you don't cross the streams.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
11/09/2010 7:43:50 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(I really missed you. Next time, I'll adjust for windage.)
To: NormsRevenge
Perhaps its a region lit up by a gamma ray jet from the giant black hole in the Galaxy’s center. I figure a jet burst could travel for a long time before it hits something and lights it up.
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posted on
11/09/2010 8:19:09 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: Nateman
It says it was found north and south of the galactic center, If that is not a sign of a jet interaction I don’t what else is!
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posted on
11/09/2010 8:23:30 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: Focault's Pendulum
My real name is Harkobeeporlen.Keep your filthy tasp to yourself, then...
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posted on
11/10/2010 12:18:30 AM PST
by
no-s
(B.L.O.A.T. and every day...because some day soon they won't be making any more...for you.)
To: rdl6989; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
Wow, missed this ping yesterday! Thanks rdl6989!
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posted on
11/10/2010 5:55:09 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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posted on
11/10/2010 5:55:13 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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