Huge gamma-ray blast spotted 12.2 bln light-years from earth

[Peikko 1,575]

You have been to Wiki!

[Scott & Lai 12]

You have been to Wiki!

Why, yes, I have Though I recalled learning that the Universe was around 14 billion years old from a class taught by an astronomer before Al Gore invented the Internet, and I'd never heard that age had been signifcantly downgraded, so I found the 10 billion year age a bit suspicious.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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Taking into account the huge distance from earth of the burst, scientists worked out that the blast was stronger than 9,000 supernovae -- powerful explosions that occur at the end of a star's lifetime -- and that the gas jets emitting the initial gamma rays moved at nearly the speed of light.

wow that's a big un!

A "Big Bang" perhaps?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have been to Wiki!

Why, yes, I have Though I recalled learning that the Universe was around 14 billion years old from a class taught by an astronomer before Al Gore invented the Internet, and I'd never heard that age had been signifcantly downgraded, so I found the 10 billion year age a bit suspicious.

The visible universe is about 10 to 12 billion years old. It took a few billion years for the stars to form and turn on the lights.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The universe doesn't look a day over 13 billion to me, but what do I know?

[Scott & Lai 12]

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Taking into account the huge distance from earth of the burst, scientists worked out that the blast was stronger than 9,000 supernovae -- powerful explosions that occur at the end of a star's lifetime -- and that the gas jets emitting the initial gamma rays moved at nearly the speed of light.

wow that's a big un!

A "Big Bang" perhaps?

The Big Bang was earlier than this event, and cannot be directly observed.

You have been to Wiki!

Why, yes, I have Though I recalled learning that the Universe was around 14 billion years old from a class taught by an astronomer before Al Gore invented the Internet, and I'd never heard that age had been signifcantly downgraded, so I found the 10 billion year age a bit suspicious.

The visible universe is about 10 to 12 billion years old. It took a few billion years for the stars to form and turn on the lights.

This gamma-ray burst still fits within the far end of that estimate.

[Peikko 1,575]

I like this stuff:

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Taking into account the huge distance from earth of the burst, scientists worked out that the blast was stronger than 9,000 supernovae -- powerful explosions that occur at the end of a star's lifetime -- and that the gas jets emitting the initial gamma rays moved at nearly the speed of light.

wow that's a big un!

A "Big Bang" perhaps?

The Big Bang was earlier than this event, and cannot be directly observed.

You have been to Wiki!

Why, yes, I have Though I recalled learning that the Universe was around 14 billion years old from a class taught by an astronomer before Al Gore invented the Internet, and I'd never heard that age had been signifcantly downgraded, so I found the 10 billion year age a bit suspicious.

The visible universe is about 10 to 12 billion years old. It took a few billion years for the stars to form and turn on the lights.

This gamma-ray burst still fits within the far end of that estimate.

If, like us, you consulted Wiki, you will have read that in the beginning - well, sometime after the beginning, the universe was somewhat foggy, the universe's Dark Age. Only later did transparency reign

[Jasman0717 9]

My little pea-brain can't comprehend 12.2 billion light years away

[Scott & Lai 12]

I like this stuff:

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Taking into account the huge distance from earth of the burst, scientists worked out that the blast was stronger than 9,000 supernovae -- powerful explosions that occur at the end of a star's lifetime -- and that the gas jets emitting the initial gamma rays moved at nearly the speed of light.

wow that's a big un!

A "Big Bang" perhaps?

The Big Bang was earlier than this event, and cannot be directly observed.

You have been to Wiki!

Why, yes, I have Though I recalled learning that the Universe was around 14 billion years old from a class taught by an astronomer before Al Gore invented the Internet, and I'd never heard that age had been signifcantly downgraded, so I found the 10 billion year age a bit suspicious.

The visible universe is about 10 to 12 billion years old. It took a few billion years for the stars to form and turn on the lights.

This gamma-ray burst still fits within the far end of that estimate.

If, like us, you consulted Wiki, you will have read that in the beginning - well, sometime after the beginning, the universe was somewhat foggy, the universe's Dark Age. Only later did transparency reign

Which contradicts nothing I said

[Peikko 1,575]

Perhaps surprisingly, I wasn't trying to, just thought it was an interesting 'fact'.

[SingleCharles 0]

See, MC - that's God pulling the trigger.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Perhaps surprisingly, I wasn't trying to, just thought it was an interesting 'fact'.

Ok. And, yes, I did read that.

[Ban Hammer 14,086]

My little pea-brain can't comprehend 12.2 billion light years away

it's the maximum distance claudeth will go to get to a sale.

[yogib37 3]

My little pea-brain can't comprehend 12.2 billion light years away

it's the maximum distance claudeth will go to get to a sale.

:lol:

[kaydee457 13]

What you've been reading about, and what's been observed, is Obama's administration and the Liberal Democrats imploding...

Get used to it!