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Astronomers discover new kind of black-hole explosion

eurekalert.org — Scientists have discovered what appears to be a new kind of cosmic explosion -- a "hybrid gamma-ray burst." The nature of the explosion is a puzzle in "virtually uncharted territory" for space scientists.

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  • Lyianis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5RTFA
    A "Hybrid Gamma-ray Burst" is a new type of GRB combining the characteristics of the two existing types (long and short) and also lacking a supernova. The term is being used correctly.
  • dagonweb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There may be a whole spectrum of exotic objects beyond neutron stars, of which pulsars, magnetars and quark stars are just an inkling. We may have qualities such as electric charge, magnetic field, spin, layer composition, mass distribution that all conspire to create collapses and mergers we can't even begin to suspect. I am willing to bet we will see dozens of variant GRBs the next decades. I love the glut of theories that will force scientists to contemplate.

    ...and we may even see GRB's we can't possibly interpret in another way than to be artificially created. We are talking distances here we may very well see the handywork of galaxy-spanning intelligence at work. Imagine the implications if we witness one such "civilization" mucking around with such poststellar objects and we perceive telltale patterns of artive intelligence?

    Then we would have to conclude we as a human race are wasting our potential right now and we have achieve n o t h i n g of what wa can achieve.
  • stlcadet11, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5"If there's any justice at all, the black hole will be your grave!"
    The Black Hole (1979)
  • Lexomatic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Penn State astrophysicists John Nousek and Peter M�sz�ros are coauthors of the paper"

    Woa, try saying Peter's surname 10 times really fast. Actually, try saying it once, at all.
  • mattlamb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2clearly some one has already built a death star.
  • vikingcoder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2oh - oh... I want to perform brain surgery. I've got a spoon.
  • Karmalary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And everyone should be able to pilot a plane (or supertanker), not just people with a license.

    /sarcasm

  • robertgoodwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros... M�sz�ros.
  • justintsmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Gentlemen. We intend to study this phenomenon. And turn it into a weapon.
  • jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the title misled me. i thought it was the black hole that was exploded. instead something exploded to form a black hole. 3rd para:
    ...signaling the birth of a new black hole.
  • Matri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What is wrong with you? Everyone knows you're supposed to use a spork for brain surgery!
  • Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Research has shown it's very hard to put gamma ray lasers on the heads of fricking sharks.
  • m98076, on 01/27/2008, -0/+0Interesting posts. I have a special interest
    http://websuduko.blogspot.com
  • endiku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think its fair that some people have ginormous telescopes and other people do not. Social equivalence calls for everyone having the same ginormous telescopes or none having them.

    Also everyone should be allowed to be astronauts not just people with fancy degrees and rigorous training.
  • drlha, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Swift rocks! :D
  • Lutz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It's probably Thor who is collapsing something by increasing it's gravitational field or something... seen it before on TV.
  • jsully, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Is anyone else sick of reading "science" stories with retarded made up terms. This awesome sounding "hybrid gamma ray burst" is nothing more than a gamma ray burst with the word hybrid (incorrectly) thrown in there to make it sound more interesting.
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/hybrid_grb.html
    Even NASA is doing it on their site.
  • fernando26, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4Oh. My. Science.
  • nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3I thought this article would be about goatse.
  • FalseProphecy, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1Hey, that's one step closer to the Incredible Hulk.

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