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Possibly the most distant object known
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Posted on 07/18/2011 12:34:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
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A deep optical image of the afterglow of the gamma-ray burst GRB 090429B, arguably the most distant object known in the universe.
To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:35:35 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
These flashes, thought to result from the especially spectacular deaths of massive stars, are the brightest events in the cosmos during their brief (only seconds-long) existence. This could actually be Lady Gaga's epitaph, if one were necessary.
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:38:21 PM PDT
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the invisib1e hand
("America will cease to be great when America ceases to be good." -- Welcome to deToqueville.)
To: Red Badger
The most distant objects in the universe are also the oldest Helen Thomas pictures by the 10th post!
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:39:25 PM PDT
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massmike
(Massachusetts:Stopped hanging witches;started electing Kennedys.Coincidence?)
To: Red Badger
Possibly the most distant object known The Democrat connection to the American people outside the beltway?
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:41:05 PM PDT
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Navy Patriot
(Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
To: Red Badger
Still closer than Obama’s Birth Certificate.
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07/18/2011 12:41:11 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:41:44 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Red Badger
This thing realy has astronomical theorists freaking out. They are losing sleep over it. It is so huge and powerful that it defies the imagination. It should not even exist.
Its event horizon is big enough to contain millions of our suns.It also means that black holes may occur instantly, they do not need a lot of time to develop.
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:44:16 PM PDT
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Candor7
(Obama fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: Red Badger
Helen Thomas's ship. She's here now.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:46:22 PM PDT
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kabar
To: kabar
I know who they are............but what is the significance?.................
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:54:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: massmike
You were right!.................#9..............
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posted on
07/18/2011 12:55:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
...If only I had as much luck playing the lottery!
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07/18/2011 12:58:45 PM PDT
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massmike
(Massachusetts:Stopped hanging witches;started electing Kennedys.Coincidence?)
To: Red Badger
How far is 30 billion light years? As the crow flies, aprx:
180,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.
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07/18/2011 1:04:19 PM PDT
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JPG
(Palin '12)
To: JPG
That would put it BEFORE the Big Bang...................odd............
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posted on
07/18/2011 1:05:40 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: cripplecreek
That means ... one tiny atom in my fingernail could be ...
Could be one little ... tiny universe.
To: Red Badger
As I understand it, the Big Bang might have a few cracks in its facade. Cosmologists still have a lot of work to do.
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posted on
07/18/2011 1:10:43 PM PDT
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JPG
(Palin '12)
To: JPG
“180,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles.”
Guess I’d better wait for the price of gas to drop before I go for a visit.
To: Red Badger
It is no fun if I have to tell you, but ok. You say you remember Chatsworth Osborne Jr. from the Dobie Gillis show. If you recall, he is the rich, aloof, aristocratic character who has a hard time relating to the plebeians who surround him.
"Living with his blue-blooded mother, played by Doris Packer, in a mansion surrounded by a wall embedded with broken glass to keep out the riff-raff, Chatsworth was a fey overachiever who couldn't understand how "dregs" like Dobie and Maynard always seemed to get the best of him. After all, Chatsworth was the president of the Silver Spoon Club, his blood type was "R" for "Royal" and he spoke 18 different languages including a dialect of Mandarin found only on certain vases! Although he was filthy rich, his mother (who always referred to him as "you nasty, nasty boy") insisted that he attend public schools to round out his personality, so he was forced to maintain uneasy relationships with Dobie (who he condescendingly called "Dobie-do") and the rest of his classmates."
Hence, Chatsworth Osborne Jr. is the most distant object known in the universe.
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07/18/2011 1:27:15 PM PDT
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07/18/2011 1:38:49 PM PDT
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