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- motang, on 09/05/2009, -1/+22Oh that is just beautiful.
- Bactame, on 09/05/2009, -1/+18The link on the phrase 'all the data indicates' sends you to Chandra animations and movies of E0102. The cylindrical nature of the supernova is animated.
- lamiaconfitor, on 09/05/2009, -0/+6"who would ever imagine that something so beautiful could just melt your face... right off?" -Cant remember the comics name, doing that in Jimmy Stewarts' voice.
- Someb0dy, on 09/05/2009, -0/+6Like ENGLISH!
- daroots, on 09/05/2009, -1/+7Firefox!!
- NecroSexy, on 09/05/2009, -0/+4goes the dynamite
- TDDebug, on 09/05/2009, -0/+3LOL
- premiumballin, on 09/05/2009, -1/+4Hey look it's the end of Halo 3!
- SirBruce, on 09/05/2009, -0/+2Supernovae start out that big, sure... well actually, they start out the size of a star, and then the shockwave expands outward. But you now, stuff that gets ejected into space usually keeps going unless it runs into something, so the gas ejected just expands outward into space. You're also seeing existing interstellar gas being heated up by the expanding shell of radiation.
- MadHatter563, on 09/06/2009, -0/+2Wow.. striking resemblance to the Firefox logo. Had to make this: http://maddhat.com/e0102-72.png
- swOhio, on 09/05/2009, -2/+4"At the distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, this field of view spans about 150 light-years."
If I'm reading that right, from one edge of the picture to the other edge is 150-light years or roughly 882 trillion miles across... nothing better than pictures of the universe to make you feel infinitesimally small and insignificant. - karlyguy, on 09/05/2009, -0/+2perspective:
if alpha centauri went supernova the explosion would still obliterate earth into pieces. - tehknotte, on 09/05/2009, -1/+2what have you done...
- Fuzzycop, on 09/05/2009, -3/+4It's a blue-green space jellyfish! Where's Spongebob when you need him?!
- quakeface, on 09/07/2009, -0/+1http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Ziyx/samusn ...
- Quartzblade, on 09/06/2009, -0/+1there are SO MANY stars
- dyysan, on 09/06/2009, -0/+1does anybody know how this is colored? or is that how it looks? i dont want to be dissapointed when i get a spaceship and go out and have a look.
sure is purdy though - Kindjal, on 09/05/2009, -1/+1a glimpse into the past with such beauty is a rare occurrence, i love it!
- LowestDown, on 09/07/2009, -0/+0I am amazed at the immaturity of some of the comments here. Someone took the time to create and post a fantastic image ..........and it gets jokes........................ what is so hard about saying nothing and letting people that appreciate the image say something.
Thanks hellengineer. Fantastic image.
Low - mizusajt, on 09/05/2009, -4/+4Anyone wanna play Metroid?
- Someb0dy, on 09/05/2009, -3/+2Boom.
- fafafafred, on 09/05/2009, -3/+2Looks like the sign post to earth...
- EddieSpeaks, on 09/05/2009, -6/+4The world is 6000 years old, this must some body part of jesus from 5000 years ago.
- cubicrystal, on 09/05/2009, -4/+1Exquisite. So clean and bright. Wonder if that's what earth looked like before the pollution hit.
- Bobby1978, on 09/05/2009, -5/+1Why should it? How does a large collection of particles undergoing a typical natural event in any way makes us small and insignificant? It doesn't because your statement is utterly ridiculous. Take a step back and realize that we are made up of some of the same particles as these large-scale events. This makes us just as part of the universe as those explosions. In fact, being so makes it as if the universe is observing itself. Now if you look at it that way, then anything taking place in the universe, from supernovas, to giant boulders smashing onto some planetary body, to everyday human activities, to a bunch of molecules moving around to continue propagating life, are all as meaningful and as significant to everything else.
- Starman3, on 09/05/2009, -8/+3BOOM BOOM POW!! Wow that is an amazing shot!
- Detritus, on 09/05/2009, -7/+1I had no idea Supernovae explosions were so big.
Damn you Hollywood! I thought it would be as big as a star-system, tops. - nmoulana, on 09/05/2009, -8/+1oh wow that almost fooled me NASA but I know you did it in a studio somehow.
- henriquetrbn, on 09/05/2009, -12/+2Unbelievable! We don't know nothing about the universe! Every day the humans can discovery more new things!
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