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Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History
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| 18 February 2005
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Posted on 02/18/2005 12:19:03 PM PST by PatrickHenry
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:20:28 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: PatrickHenry
Awaiting the obligatory "It's Bush's fault" post
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:21:25 PM PST
by
scottinoc
To: PatrickHenry
The scientists said the light came from a "giant flare" on the surface of an exotic neutron star, called a magnetar. The apparent magnitude was brighter than a full moon and all historical star explosions. The light was brightest in the gamma-ray energy range, far more energetic than visible light or X-rays and invisible to our eyes.The Earth equivalence of 21st century American conservatism.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:24:01 PM PST
by
kipita
(Rebel – the proletariat response to Aristocracy and Exploitation.)
To: PatrickHenry
No doubt caused by Global Warming...
To: PatrickHenry
I'm all for sending a contingent of Dem Senators and Representatives out there to investigate.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:24:31 PM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: PatrickHenry
To: scottinoc
So that's why the waiter refused my credit card. It was the SGR flare and not the poor state of my finances.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:25:08 PM PST
by
RicocheT
To: scottinoc
I'll "It's Bush's fault".
"It's Bush's fault"
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:26:20 PM PST
by
dsmatuska
To: scottinoc
I'll oblige.
"It's Bush's fault"
To: PatrickHenry
The apparent magnitude was brighter than a full moon Are they saying it was naked eye earth visible?
I need to think back to where I was on December 27.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:27:50 PM PST
by
Flyer
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To: dsmatuska
I'll "It's Bush's fault".
It's Friday, I need to go home and chill.
To: PatrickHenry
Scientists have detected a flash of light from across the Galaxy...It was the flash from God's camera...he wants something to remember us by...
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:28:50 PM PST
by
Snardius
To: Flyer
It was a Monday, the day after the tsunami...
To: PatrickHenry
I registered a couple of pounds heavier on the scales that day. I knew it wasn't me.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:32:07 PM PST
by
ColoCdn
(Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
To: dsmatuska
We can certainly cast blame for this extraordinary event right at the feet of the VRWC.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:33:12 PM PST
by
GaltMeister
(The only time a Democrat should be allowed in the White House is to visit the President.)
To: PatrickHenry
I hear John Kerry has a plan for this....
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:33:14 PM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("Do your chickens have large talons?")
To: RicocheT
"The light was brightest in the gamma-ray energy range..."
I remember December 27, 2004 very well. My skin started to turn green, my muscles bulged ... and then, I woke up on the morning with a terrible headache.
To: RadioAstronomer
I assume you weren't on duty that night. Or perhaps some young lovely was taking the tour of your control room and you became distracted. Hee hee.
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posted on
02/18/2005 12:33:47 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
The apparent magnitude was brighter than a full moon and all historical star explosions. So brighter than anything in all of the last 20 years or so.
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