The team conclude that the extraordinary brightness of the 19 March burst arose from a narrow jet that shot material directly toward Earth at 99,99995 percent of the speed of light.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Universe's brightest explosion ever seen was observed on 19 March this year. Somebody locked me up in a time-machine and sent me back to January.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“The team conclude that the extraordinary brightness of the 19 March burst arose from a narrow jet that shot material directly toward Earth at 99,99995 percent of the speed of light.”
sounds impressive, but they are probably misinterpreting something.
“The data clearly reveal the complexity of a GRB in which a narrow, ultra-fast jet is present within a wider, slightly slower jet”
it’s SO easy to misinterpret these things. Like the quasars who’s redshift “ABSOLUTELY 100% MUST” mean they are billions of light years away, then oops! there’s one in a nearby galaxy with a billions of lightyears redshift. suddenly “clearly, definitely” becomes “maybe, perhaps”. sounds cool though.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Looks like someone, or some thing, is trying to communicate with us.
4 posted on
01/28/2009 12:00:17 AM PST by
FFranco
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
7 posted on
01/28/2009 12:07:34 AM PST by
Captain Beyond
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
“the event was so intense that, despite happening halfway across the Universe, it could have been seen briefly with the unaided eye.”
And if you’ve seen the movie Day of the Triffids, you would have known not to stare into the gamma ray burst with the unaided eye.
9 posted on
01/28/2009 12:45:45 AM PST by
james500
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Could this be attributed to shutting down the solar spot activity?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
i wonder what the gamma radiation dose to us was? and where it was focused?
13 posted on
01/28/2009 5:15:20 AM PST by
blueplum
As a star collapses, it creates a black hole or neutron star that, through processes not fully understood, drives powerful gas jets outward. As the jets shoot into space, they strike gas previously shed by the star and heat it, thereby generating bright afterglows.Sounds like a space fart. If it produces afterglows, it means they ate something hot, like Thai peppers.
14 posted on
01/28/2009 5:21:23 AM PST by
csvset
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
16 posted on
01/28/2009 5:53:42 AM PST by
McGruff
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'MMMMM READY!!!
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01/28/2009 7:55:03 AM PST by
J40000
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01/28/2009 7:19:46 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Guilty!
22 posted on
01/28/2009 7:48:21 PM PST by
rdl6989
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The team conclude that the extraordinary brightness of the 19 March burst arose from a narrow jet that shot material directly toward Earth at 99,99995 percent of the speed of light. I wonder what the windage was... and talk about leading the target. The Earth was not even in the neighborhood when that gamma ray burst was "aimed" and "fired."
23 posted on
01/28/2009 10:33:35 PM PST by
Swordmaker
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