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A 10 billion billion billion megaton bomb in space!
BBC ^
| Friday, 21 July, 2000, 18:05 GMT 19:05 UK
| Dr David Whitehouse
Posted on 02/16/2004 4:41:43 PM PST by vannrox
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To: vannrox
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posted on
02/16/2004 5:29:42 PM PST
by
petuniasevan
(Consider what might be fertilizing the greener grass across the fence.)
To: vannrox
Hey, I just checked with my wife, and she's OK with this:
We are going to grill some hamburgers and brats on the patio that night....ice down some beer cook some potato salad, french fries, and chips.
Put it on your calendar, you are all invited over to our house to watch the fireworks. (And don't tell me you can't get a babysitter this late-just bring the kids!!)
I hear KPD 1930 + 2752 will be better than Fourth of July!!
To: michigander
What a prognostication. We're Doomed, Doomed, DOOMED! Well, we've had a good run. Want some popcorn?
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posted on
02/16/2004 5:35:56 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Don't try to tug at my heart strings. I have no heart and it will make me suspicious of your motives)
To: vannrox
Depending on how far it is from us, it may have exploded already.
To: petuniasevan
Real techno speak!
25
posted on
02/16/2004 5:59:17 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: vannrox
A 10 billion billion billion megaton bomb in space:
:-)
To: vannrox
The star, known as KPD1930+2752, will explode within the next 200 million years
The BBC isn't known for its accuracy... 200 million years might be too small a span of time for them.
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posted on
02/16/2004 6:10:27 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.ArmorforCongress.com ............... Support a FReeper for Congress)
To: billorites; Richard Poe
Quick. Someone call the International Star Registry and have this thing named for Howard Dean!!!
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posted on
02/16/2004 6:11:27 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.ArmorforCongress.com ............... Support a FReeper for Congress)
To: balrog666
Hah, is that from "Dark Star" I went to Berkely - that film was shot on campus.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Want some popcorn? (... I have no heart and it will make me suspicious of your motives) Are you related to Orville Redenbacher? :)
30
posted on
02/16/2004 6:17:37 PM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: longshadow
This one looks serious. Remember, don't bring a knife to a gunfight.
31
posted on
02/16/2004 6:24:11 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
To: michigander
32
posted on
02/16/2004 6:26:16 PM PST
by
ratzoe
(damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
To: balrog666
Let there be light...
33
posted on
02/16/2004 6:27:46 PM PST
by
null and void
(Dems say there will be "Armageddon Cuts" in the budget. That sounds like what we've been asking for!)
To: vannrox
OK, who is going to post the obligatory joke about going to take a shower?
To: StriperSniper
Hey! Maybe we can use it to cut [giant space diamond].I was almost dissapointed that you didn't go for the Johnny Carson-style fruitcake joke.
"Hey-ohhhhhh!"
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posted on
02/16/2004 6:51:43 PM PST
by
MrJingles
(During the Second World War, did the Germans refer to their side "the Allies"?)
To: petuniasevan
Yowza -- technical indeed!
Extracting the following statement from the article-
KPD 1930+2752 becomes the first good candidate of a Type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) progenitor that can be associated with the double-degenerate SNe Ia model...
Based on this description, perhaps Hillary2008D would be an appropriate name for the object.
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posted on
02/16/2004 7:30:52 PM PST
by
mikrofon
To: justlurking
Not me
37
posted on
02/16/2004 8:10:21 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hope I don't get into trouble for this)
To: vannrox
I didn't realize the Ben and JLo movie was that bad.
;)
To: vannrox
Astronomers have found a star that will produce one of the biggest explosions in our Universe. And the 9th largest in all the multiverse!!!
Prior to the third age, that is.
To: vannrox; longshadow; Glenn; inquest; petuniasevan; All
Oooooh!
.Ahhhhhhhh!
Type Ia supernova begins as a white dwarf star accreting matter from a companion.:
As seen from:
The Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Paranal, Chile:
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posted on
02/16/2004 8:16:33 PM PST
by
FBD
(...Please press 2 for English...for Espanol, please stay on the line...)
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