[microgood]

The spectacular blast, which occurred in September in the Carina constellation, produced energies ranging from 3,000 to more than five billion times that of visible light, astrophysicists said.

The actual blast did not occur in September, we saw it in September. Since it is 12.2 Billion light years away, that must mean this happened billions of years ago. Is that correct?

[rdl6989]

That’s what I thought. It happened 12 billion years ago. I thought these things were supposed to be detrimental to radios etc.

[null and void]

Yes.

[flash2368]

I never can figure why these astrophysicist guys get so excited about seeing stuff like that. The event actually would have happened 12.2 billion years ago provided the distance calculations they have are correct. Fact is we don’t really have a clue what the distant universe is like at this moment. Probably been spent by alien dumbocrats by now.

[Arthur McGowan]

Then it was 12.2 billion years and five months ago.