April 10, 2003
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From NASA.gov (link above):
“Scientists have discovered that one of the brightest gamma ray bursts on record is also a supernova.”
I’m thrilled. If you’re less than thrilled, get your nose off that grindstone. Pick your heart up off the ground. Turn your eyes to the skies. It’s new… it’s exciting… it’s a SUPERNOVA! Yaay.
Comments (9)
Yeah, I heard about this a few days ago. Gamma gamma gamma.
Show me da Hulk!
Cool Beans…though I do have to look down from time to time to keep from stepping on snails…
-M
Wow! I have just started taking a course on the solar system, and so, a few days ago, none of this would have made much sense at all…but this is exciting!
Hmm… must have happened a long way away from here, otherwise I doubt we’d be able to sit here chatting about it. Still… I don’t think the astronomy nerds have had too many opportunities to look at the gamma-radiation from a Supernova before… it could be interesting to see how it marries up with the theories that people have put together on such things in the past.
Cheers
Ged
That’s pretty awesome!! So many wondrous things all around us, if only we all took the time and effort to seek them out….thanks for the heads-up, SuSu…..
Don’t you wish sometimes that you could just go there… just sightseeing… seeing black holes, and supernovas… travel to the center of the universe and back…. ~ sighs ~ I wish I could.
Thanks for this, SuSu.
Cool……!
My friend used to drive a Nova. Nothing too super about it but it got us around town.
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A super nova means a star has died. Kind of sad, even though it is beautiful…