.David. | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 26 2008 | earth, water, astronomy
From Mohit. The comments is the thing to read.
Quoted: These creatures set records for surviving in the most inhospitable places on Earth – their existence bodes well for finding alien life
- .David. | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 09 2008 | earth, water, science, astronomy
Blue Mable ≈ Blue Dot
Quoted: AccuWeather.com's bloggers.
- .David. | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 09 2008 | earth, radio, astronomy, Boötes
I'm returning to groginess. Think there was another Boötes supernova article somewhere on my BlueDot bookmarks (Sigh)
Last Wednesday morning at around 2:12am, a huge explosion took place in space that was so bright, it could be seen here on Earth with the naked eye. The explosion was a gamma-ray burst, which occurs when huge stars run out of their precious nuclear fuel. The stars then collapse into black holes or neutron stars and release a huge burst of gamma-rays and other particles. This particular energy burst took place about 7.5 BILLION light years from Earth. 7.5 BILLION years, kids...that means the explosion actually occurred before Earth was even formed and its light finally reached us last Wednesday. Talk about peering into the past! The gamma-ray burst, named GRB 080319B, was detected by NASA's Swift satellite; its associated star was placed in the constellation Bootes (pronounced BO-OH-TEEZ, not BOOTIES, LOL). Interestingly enough, the burst was detected along with five other ones, on the same day that Arthur C. Clarke passed away.
Keep your eyes to the sky and enjoy the view!
~Lisa C.
Updated: 3/24/2008 9:28 AM - .David. | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 19 2008 | earth, astronomy, water
Accuweather (i use flashblock) - Astronomy Center - Articles
Lots of links, maybe to pretty picturesQuoted: AccuWeather.com's bloggers.
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