Comments on: The Largest Gamma-Ray Burst Stellar Explosion Ever Seen by Humans http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/ The Neat Side of the Web Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Slapster http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/#comment-488103 The Slapster Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:57:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/#comment-488103 Let's see, a quick Google states that "a light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles" and this was 7.5 billion light years away, soooooo... /does some quick math Ow, I think I sprained my brain. Let’s see, a quick Google states that “a light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles” and this was 7.5 billion light years away, soooooo…

/does some quick math

Ow, I think I sprained my brain.

]]> By: emptyminded http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/#comment-487475 emptyminded Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:02:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/#comment-487475 I had read this story earlier on CNN but they had left out the part about Arthur C. Clarke dying the same day. What they did mention was that no one from the observatory actually went outside to look at the event. I had read this story earlier on CNN but they had left out the part about Arthur C. Clarke dying the same day. What they did mention was that no one from the observatory actually went outside to look at the event.

]]> By: Scot http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/#comment-487367 Scot Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:04:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/21/the-largest-gamma-ray-burst-stellar-explosion-ever-seen-by-humans/#comment-487367 I'd like to leave some kind of interesting comment, but that is just stunning. 7.5 billion light years away... The idea of that thing being 7 billion light years closer and lighting up the nighttime like daylight is incredibly awesome. Oh, and they detected it (and 5 other GRBs) the day Arthur C. Clarke died... I’d like to leave some kind of interesting comment, but that is just stunning. 7.5 billion light years away… The idea of that thing being 7 billion light years closer and lighting up the nighttime like daylight is incredibly awesome. Oh, and they detected it (and 5 other GRBs) the day Arthur C. Clarke died…

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