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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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...
E.T. left his night light on, again.
Well, We know it’s not Joe Biden.
“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.
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
“More like a big wheel.”
More like a slice of lemon in a glass of seltzer or 7UP or Sprite.
We have no idea how bright it is today.
A good probably that it is Black
“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.”
That’s nothing, when I was growing up I was so bright my Mom called me son.
Must be the aura that was around 0bama’s head the media put thee now that he’s done with it.
Deanna - “Great Joy...and Gratitude”
Amazing what they can do with aluminum foil these days.
Resolving gravity will have as great an effect on you as this object.
Looks like a couple astronomers have finally found God. Maybe they’ll even learn a thing or two from Him.
“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.
No. He just figured out that gravity IS, not how it actually works.
It might have a great effect on other things than just my little life.
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