To: GL of Sector 2814
I wonder how its third planet handled the Global Warming?
2 posted on
10/29/2009 8:07:53 AM PDT by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: GL of Sector 2814
IIRC, current theory is that the universe is a little more than 13 billion years old.
IIRC, stars become supernova when they exhaust their supply of hydrogen.
How long does it take for a Megastar to exhaust its supply of hydrogen?
Is it surprising that this happened 13 billion years ago?
3 posted on
10/29/2009 8:10:15 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: GL of Sector 2814
The discovery is especially exciting for scientists because the explosion occurred during the so-called "cosmic dark ages", which started a mere 400,000 years after the Big Bang set the Universe in motion some 13.7 billion years ago. During this period, free electrons and protons combined to form neutral atoms with the same number of positive and negative charges, resulting in an opaque -- or "dark" -- universe. Not until 800 to 900 million years after the Big Bang were atoms and molecules "re-ionised", or electrically charged, resulting in the relatively transluscent inter-galactic medium we see today. Thus evening came, and morning followed, the first day.
7 posted on
10/29/2009 8:31:35 AM PDT by
Claud
To: GL of Sector 2814
9 posted on
10/29/2009 8:45:38 AM PDT by
massmike
(...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
To: GL of Sector 2814
11 posted on
10/29/2009 8:47:26 AM PDT by
Young Werther
("Quae Cum Ita Sunt - Julius Caesar "Since these things are so!">)
To: GL of Sector 2814
Has anyone stopped to think maybe we're getting a first-hand look at
14 posted on
10/29/2009 9:05:25 AM PDT by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: GL of Sector 2814
15 posted on
10/29/2009 9:11:09 AM PDT by
Skooz
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I found a couple other postworthy/pingworthy topics over on ARS Technica today (during the lunch hour, quit pointing and whispering) and emailed them to myself, but I've actually got something I have to leave home to do, and so, it'll have to wait. :'( Meanwhile, this one looked good. Gotta scare up some "real" string theory topics though.
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26 posted on
10/29/2009 5:15:30 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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