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Jan 10, 2005, 01:55 AM
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Space Monocerotis
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Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered
US scientists have detected the largest explosion ever in the universe, which saw a mass equivalent to about 300million suns sucked into a black hole.
"The eruption, which has lasted for more than 100million years, has generated energy equivalent to hundreds of millions of gamma-ray bursts," NASA, the US space agency, said yesterday. .  NASA. MS 0735.6+7421.
A black hole is an object — typically a collapsed star — whose gravity is so strong that its escape velocity exceeds the speed of light. Since nothing is known to exceed the speed of light, nothing can escape from a black hole.
The speed of light is a constant in empty space (2.99793 X 108 m/s, or 186,000 miles/s).
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Jan 10, 2005, 10:08 PM
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boo!!!!
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well, i hope those erruptions stay away from Earth
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Jan 10, 2005, 10:10 PM
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DH's Latest Mac Convert
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ditto
kinda makes the nuclear bobm seem like a party popper
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Jan 11, 2005, 05:10 AM
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Sure does. I wonder what would happen if I blew one of those explosions in my old geography class....  |
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Jan 11, 2005, 05:35 AM
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Keeping an open mind
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Originally Posted by sun_walka
Sure does. I wonder what would happen if I blew one of those explosions in my old geography class.... |
There would no longer be a solar system for your class....*homer voice* which could be a good thing....... |
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Jan 11, 2005, 05:56 AM
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Watching
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booom!
I can't believe some people take the word "hole" in black hole literally... lol (just an observation)
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Jan 11, 2005, 08:17 AM
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I love science, one day when we are actually smart enough to completely understand it. I will be amazed, shouldn't fear something like this. I am fasincated, if only we knew had to harness that power. You thought the nuclear bomb was scary LOL. That is just funny.
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Jan 11, 2005, 08:34 AM
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Two things facinate me about this subject. First is the size of it, 300 million suns is unfathomable to me. Second is the apparent randomness of these things that happen, or at least the diversity between the phenomena... plus, the pictures look kind of cool! lol
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Jan 11, 2005, 01:54 PM
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How many Light Years is it from us?
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Jan 11, 2005, 02:28 PM
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DH SuperMod
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Originally Posted by Senor_Mota
How many Light Years is it from us?
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2.6 billion |
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Jan 11, 2005, 02:52 PM
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Space Monocerotis
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very unbelieve'ble 300 million suns' most powerful Eruption's makes me wonder if theres a war going on out there....nah . 
Last edited by Dexsal; Jan 11, 2005 at 03:14 PM.
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Jan 11, 2005, 03:51 PM
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simply amazing...  |
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Jan 11, 2005, 04:12 PM
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I love astronomy. A gorgeous science. It is AMAZING  |
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Jan 11, 2005, 06:15 PM
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Masto Commando
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But wasent the big bang the biggest eruption ever?
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Jan 11, 2005, 11:45 PM
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DNA Driver creator
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Originally Posted by Louiemaster
But wasent the big bang the biggest eruption ever?
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well it says "most powerfull" wich is kind of funny because like you say the biggest should be the most powerfull not ?  |
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Jan 11, 2005, 11:59 PM
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I'm wondering how much longer it is till our solar system is involved in something like this  |
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Feb 16, 2005, 06:57 PM
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Driverheaven.com err .net
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Originally Posted by Louiemaster
But wasent the big bang the biggest eruption ever?
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the big bang may have been, but it is just theory, a theory which I believe, not 100%, but I believe. |
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Feb 17, 2005, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by drakesteakn
well, i hope those erruptions stay away from Earth
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you and meh both mate teh last thing i need is meh heid exploding  |
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Feb 17, 2005, 02:41 PM
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Back in London
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Originally Posted by riles9262
I'm wondering how much longer it is till our solar system is involved in something like this |
about 5 billions years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun |
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Feb 17, 2005, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by germanjulian
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give or tabe 5 billion... .. no really we think we know alot... but we learn every day we where wrong in asumtions we make becouse they don't have any idea nor do the have the proper data to make such even a educated guess they just male asumtions based on what they know and like 1% of the actall data seems the numbers will undoubtly change as we learn more and get more advaced..
but the only sure thing is WE don't know! |
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