1 posted on
02/18/2005 9:31:12 PM PST by
neverdem
To: PatrickHenry
2 posted on
02/18/2005 9:31:59 PM PST by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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3 posted on
02/18/2005 9:33:29 PM PST by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: Dawsonville_Doc
4 posted on
02/18/2005 9:44:13 PM PST by
King Prout
(Remember John Adam!)
To: KevinDavis
5 posted on
02/18/2005 9:44:44 PM PST by
King Prout
(Remember John Adam!)
To: neverdem
I knew I felt something weird in December...turns out all those gamma rays exfoliated my inner child.
To: neverdem
I can't believe this things rotational velocity. From what I understand, they normally spin much faster than that. The best example of why is the classic one of an ice skater twirling with her arms out. She pulls them in and spins faster. Imagine the spin that would be imparted when an object collapsed from something as big or likely bigger tan our sun into a sphere a dozen miles across.
I seem to recall microsecond and faster rotation times for neutron stars. Could be my addled brain playing tricks on me again.
9 posted on
02/18/2005 9:52:50 PM PST by
zeugma
(Come to the Dark Side...... We have cookies! (Made from the finest girlscouts!))
To: Blue Jays
Hi All-
Starburst Was One of Brightest Objects Observed on Earth? For a minute, I thought it said Starbucks Was One of Brightest Objects Observed on Earth. That's a relief!
The barristas I've met at Starbucks usually aren't that bright (but they think they are with their Theater History degrees) and generally have multiple face piercings and green hair.
OK, back to the topic at hand...
~ Blue Jays ~
16 posted on
02/18/2005 10:35:21 PM PST by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: CedarDave
20 posted on
02/18/2005 11:06:14 PM PST by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: neverdem
The dimmest object ever observed on Earth:
... and the widest object ever observed on Earth:
21 posted on
02/18/2005 11:35:27 PM PST by
thoughtomator
(If Islam is a religion, so is Liberal!)
To: neverdem
I'll read it tomorrow. I just read:
Starbucks Was One of Brightest Objects Observed on Earth
It's 2:30 am..lol
22 posted on
02/18/2005 11:39:17 PM PST by
Recall
To: neverdem
It was really done to fool the Cylons...
23 posted on
02/18/2005 11:42:33 PM PST by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like.")
To: neverdem
Here's a picture!
To: neverdem
Since the object in question is 50 thousand light years away, the December event is a "delayed report" of an event at the object 50 thousand years ago (supposing that the speed of light in a vacuum really is constant over time).
Likely there are many other "delayed reports" out there. For all we know, the center of our galaxy detonated thousands of years ago and will, in due course, sweep away our world entirely. It's due for something like that anyway (2Pet3:10-13), although the timing is obscure.
To: neverdem
26 posted on
02/19/2005 4:30:30 AM PST by
PatrickHenry
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To: neverdem
It's called SGR 1806-20 and is in the constellation Sagittarius, which is abbreviated SGR, so I thought the designation must be from its location until I read that SGR means "soft gamma repeater." Good thing it wasn't a hard gamma repeater.
Its magnetic field is a quadrillion times that of earth. We're talking serious numbers here--one quadrillion is 1000 times one trillion.
Meanwhile, today is the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus, the founder of modern astronomy.
To: neverdem
This happened just before or just after the big tsunami?
29 posted on
02/19/2005 8:09:42 AM PST by
Amelia
To: neverdem
As I've been saying for years, this is the main reason why we should not transport White Castles cheeseburgers into the sun.
30 posted on
02/19/2005 8:39:55 AM PST by
P.O.E.
To: neverdem
Makes me wonder what's the possibility of a star exploding nearby and causing massive comm failure worldwide.
34 posted on
02/19/2005 2:26:41 PM PST by
Bogey78O
(Hillary Clinton + Fertility pills + Scott Peterson + rowboat = Success)
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