blogs.discovermagazine.com — Just when you thought it was safe, along comes magnetars, neutron stars with monstrous magnetic fields. Astronomers have found one that's a mere 15,000 light years away. Could it exhibit a catastrophic explosive event? Probably not, but only time will tell. This one was quiescent and evaded detection. Are there other even closer ones? Maybe... not!
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wiseye1661Jun 18, 2009
Suck on my overprotective anti-virus. :P
portnoyJun 18, 2009
Pity, so nothing much to look forward to then?
chak2007Jun 18, 2009
would love to, but its been over shadowed by the biggest burst ever discovered several months ago. So typing in google "massive gamma ray burst wiped life in galaxy" doesnt bring it up anymore. maybe someone else who knows what I am referring to can link to it.
Closed AccountJun 18, 2009
Some day you will find me caught beneath a land slide in a champaign supernova in the sky.
bigmanoncampusJun 18, 2009
1/r^2 is your friend.
axiom0Jun 19, 2009
We need this, if only to shut those annoying "green movement" nuts. Nuts not for wanting to save the earth, but for the way they want to.... ahhh gotta go punch me one.
tdotfunkJun 21, 2009
Its not about saving the earth you f**king idiot. Its about keeping it clean so we are not all retards like the victims of agent orange or your stupid american anything. <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange</a>