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Most Distant Object Spotted in the Universe

submitted by Farhad2000

1 decade 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago

Astronomers have spotted the afterglow of a self-destructing star 13.1 billion light years from Earth.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17035

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*brief

This video has been flagged as being less than 1 minute in length - declared brief by eric3579.

we're so small in the grand scheme of things!

but i'm glad they have laser beams in space

I'm always amazed how much data they can decipher from that tiny amount of pixels.

They should use try using CSI's image processing software.

I'm surprised by how little data they deciphered. Why didn't they use Digital Zoom???

In before CSI jo--....

DAMMIT

*fake

Everyone knows the Earth is only 6000 years old, so how could this star have exploded 13 billion years ago.

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ForgedReality says...

>> ^jimnms:
fake
Everyone knows the Earth is only 6000 years old, so how could this star have exploded 13 billion years ago.

Duh. God had to set the table and make the house look nice for his new guests. He wouldn't be such a gracious host if he didn't clean shit up before he had us come over to visit, now would he?

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