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Marcus. -> Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/22/2008 10:09:55 AM)
Astronomers are familiar with seeing amazing things through their telescopes. But nothing prepared them for an incredible explosion detected early Wednesday morning by NASA’s Swift satellite. At 2:12 a.m. EDT, Swift detected an explosion from deep space that was so powerful that its afterglow was briefly visible to the naked eye. Even more astonishing, the explosion itself took place halfway across the visible universe! Never before has anything so far away come even close to naked-eye visibility. The explosion was so far away that it took its light 7,500,000,000 (7.5 billion) years to reach Earth! In fact, the explosion took place so long ago that Earth had not yet come into existence. NASA

WormHeart -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/23/2008 2:56:43 PM)
Amazing. :) WormHeart

Marcus. -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/23/2008 4:58:06 PM)
The wonders of God's handiwork is all around us. [8D]

mapachito13 -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/24/2008 8:08:12 AM)
But I thought the universe (according to Genesis) was only 4000 years old!?[;)][:D]

iluvatar -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 8:12:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mapachito13 But I thought the universe (according to Genesis) was only 4000 years old!?[;)][:D] 6000. [8D] -Dan.

mapachito13 -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 8:26:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: iluvatar quote: ORIGINAL: mapachito13 But I thought the universe (according to Genesis) was only 4000 years old!?[;)][:D] 6000. [8D] -Dan. And there is proof of the existance of human civilization for at least 10K years. I'm still losing my hair from scratching my head! [;)]

SonInMe1 -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 9:02:18 AM)
The distance is so great we can't really comprehend it. The explosion so great that we can't comprehend it. This sounds really really big. With all the potential disastors waiting to happen in our immediate space area, its truly amazing we have existed this long.

WesP -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 1:22:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SonInMe1 The distance is so great we can't really comprehend it. The explosion so great that we can't comprehend it. This sounds really really big. With all the potential disastors waiting to happen in our immediate space area, its truly amazing we have existed this long. Right! BTW, did ya'll feel the wind gain speed at that time? I did! [:D][:D][:D]

mapachito13 -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 2:18:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WesSavedByGrace quote: ORIGINAL: SonInMe1 The distance is so great we can't really comprehend it. The explosion so great that we can't comprehend it. This sounds really really big. With all the potential disastors waiting to happen in our immediate space area, its truly amazing we have existed this long. Right! BTW, did ya'll feel the wind gain speed at that time? I did! [:D][:D][:D] I did but I thought it was beacuse we were in an election year!!

WesP -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 2:26:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mapachito13 quote: ORIGINAL: WesSavedByGrace quote: ORIGINAL: SonInMe1 The distance is so great we can't really comprehend it. The explosion so great that we can't comprehend it. This sounds really really big. With all the potential disastors waiting to happen in our immediate space area, its truly amazing we have existed this long. Right! BTW, did ya'll feel the wind gain speed at that time? I did! [:D][:D][:D] I did but I thought it was beacuse we were in an election year!! [:D][:D][:D] The end of hurricane season might be much worse this year!! [8D]

mapachito13 -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (3/25/2008 3:33:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WesSavedByGrace quote: ORIGINAL: mapachito13 quote: ORIGINAL: WesSavedByGrace quote: ORIGINAL: SonInMe1 The distance is so great we can't really comprehend it. The explosion so great that we can't comprehend it. This sounds really really big. With all the potential disastors waiting to happen in our immediate space area, its truly amazing we have existed this long. Right! BTW, did ya'll feel the wind gain speed at that time? I did! [:D][:D][:D] I did but I thought it was beacuse we were in an election year!! [:D][:D][:D] The end of hurricane season might be much worse this year!! [8D] Yes, and now we know the true story of the Atlanta tornado! Los Angeles might be next!

fallenstar -> RE: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (4/19/2008 10:05:50 PM)
That's really amazing. I loved studying astronomy in 8th grade, it was awsome! SO are you involved in NASA, or just interested in outer space studies? Anyways, it's good to see a Christian with knowledge of astronomy. Usually, or at least all the "astronomers" I know, are the atheist scientific type.

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