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Reuters - An illustration showing how SDSS-III was able to measure the distant universe. Light rays from distant quasars (dots at left) are partially absorbed as they pass through clouds of intergalactic hydrogen gas (centrE). CREDIT: Zosia Rostomian, LBNL; Nic Ross, BOSS Lyman-alpha team, LBNL; and Springel et al, Virgo Consortium and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

2 posted on 11/14/2012 6:43:29 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: NormsRevenge

Look! There’s Nebraska!


5 posted on 11/14/2012 6:45:34 PM PST by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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20 posted on 11/14/2012 7:26:27 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio)
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These diagrams of what the Universe looks like always makes me laugh. In this case what is on the other side of the box?


21 posted on 11/14/2012 7:32:31 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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There has to be some spin in there that causes all my Nascar drivers to wreck. All from 11 billion years ago. Even tubebender (who torments me) is not that old, I think.


23 posted on 11/14/2012 7:53:50 PM PST by MtnClimber (I did not vote for 0bama, someone else did that!)
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