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Title: Gamma Ray Burst 030329
Post by: J.F.K. on April 02, 2003, 01:22:15 am

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0304/01grb/

You guys hear about it? Some hypernova, or something, which "in the first minute after the explosion, emitted energy at a rate more than a million times the combined output of all the stars in the Milky Way". Two billion light years away, thankfully (and two billion years old, then, I assume).

Title: Gamma Ray Burst 030329
Post by: Knight Templar on April 02, 2003, 01:38:10 am

First I've heard of it actually. Quite fascinating :)

makes me want to use my telescope more

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Post by: karajorma on April 02, 2003, 02:05:34 am

IIRC I think they explained this as being caused by a star falling into one of the black holes at the centre of a galaxy.

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Post by: Sandwich on April 02, 2003, 07:16:30 am

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Originally posted by karajorma
IIRC I think they explained this as being caused by a star falling into one of the black holes at the centre of a galaxy.

Yeah, sorry about that one - I was playing galactic billiards.

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Post by: Styxx on April 02, 2003, 07:24:46 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich
Yeah, sorry about that one - I was playing galactic billiards.

And you cheated!! Bastard.

Title: Gamma Ray Burst 030329
Post by: Galemp on April 02, 2003, 07:26:44 am

Yes, only scored six points too.

Title: Gamma Ray Burst 030329
Post by: Sandwich on April 02, 2003, 08:11:07 am

:lol: