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- fightclub, on 12/18/2007, -6/+167That's no black hole...
- 10001110101, on 12/18/2007, -0/+154FTA: "This never-before witnessed galactic violence may have a profound effect on planets in the jet's path ..."
No *****. - Androfire, on 12/18/2007, -4/+145Not unless you tell us where the rebel base is...
- tattertech, on 12/18/2007, -0/+130Everyone made fun of me when I was a little kid because I was afraid of Black Holes. I said one might come and get earth, but everyone said "No they can't travel."
Then, recently scientists discovered that there are roaming black holes. And now we find out they can shoot crap out and kill all life.
Fact. Black Holes are the number 1 threat to America. - Flashman, on 12/18/2007, -0/+122We're not sure if there's life elsewhere in the universe, but I think we can now rule out this galaxy.
- sponeil, on 12/18/2007, -2/+91I'm guessing one galaxy saw the other and got excited. Maybe this is how baby galaxies are made. ;-)
- XThunderStormX, on 12/18/2007, -1/+69Would you prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system.
- Bridea, on 12/18/2007, -3/+68Dugg for being inaccurate. This ***** happened 1.4 billion years ago.
- MerryMortician, on 12/18/2007, -2/+62ITS A TRAP!
- sharkd, on 12/18/2007, -1/+55Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the... oh, it can destroy a **galaxy**? Well... then, color me impressed. Really. Nice job. I had no idea. Sorry I made fun of you in front of all your peers.
- robberry, on 12/18/2007, -1/+54Okay, fine, you win. But the number 2 threat is still bears.
- galactus, on 12/18/2007, -1/+53A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away?
- robberry, on 12/18/2007, -0/+50"Maybe this is how baby galaxies are made. ;-)"
According to the article, "The massive influx of energy and radiation from the jet could induce the formation of large numbers of stars and planets after its initial wake of destruction is complete." So in a sense, you're right. - jcaino, on 12/18/2007, -3/+47Maybe in another 3 million years. Or 3,000 depending on their god.
- saxmfone1, on 12/18/2007, -0/+37hmm....i guess it really is fully operational
- XThunderStormX, on 12/18/2007, -0/+35Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
- XThunderStormX, on 12/18/2007, -8/+42Fact: Nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole, except Chuck Norris.
- MCMLXXXII, on 12/18/2007, -0/+32 I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -1/+30RTFA
"The effect of the jet on the companion galaxy is likely to be substantial, because the galaxies in 3C321 are extremely close at a distance of only about 20,000 light years apart. They lie approximately the same distance as Earth is from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
A bright spot in the Very Large Array and MERLIN images shows where the jet has struck the side of the galaxy, dissipating some of the jet's energy. The collision disrupted and deflected the jet." - woohhaa, on 12/18/2007, -1/+28You beat me to it.
http://www.xkcd.com/307/ - inactive, on 12/18/2007, -0/+27Andromeda. The rebel base is in Andromeda.
- ToadLeg, on 12/18/2007, -0/+27Yeah, what do these so-called "astronomers" know about space?
- Arcesius, on 12/18/2007, -0/+26R.I.P. aliens from star system GC-194032... we hardly knew ye...
- XThunderStormX, on 12/18/2007, -1/+27The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is.
- tman84, on 12/18/2007, -2/+28It's amazing how little we know about the unknown...
- Punisher2K, on 12/18/2007, -0/+25Doing voice over work
- crussell96, on 12/18/2007, -3/+26***** Reapers up to their old tricks again.
- jmreid, on 12/18/2007, -0/+23I'm sorry, where do you work? Best Buy?
I don't think the Geek Squad is trained for this sort of thing. This is NASA you're calling liars. - CrashDavis, on 12/18/2007, -0/+23Hello, I am 3C321, Human-Cyborg relations.
- robberry, on 12/18/2007, -0/+22We found the remains of a rebel base in Andromeda, but it's been deserted for some time.
- Matt2k, on 12/18/2007, -1/+21Do you really want to footnote that every time we talk about something in space. Would that really be necessary?
- opticsnake, on 12/18/2007, -0/+20Ah *****. I'm ***** dying laughing here at work. Damn I gotta quit surfing digg at work.
- hydroplane, on 12/18/2007, -0/+19"The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant compared to the power of the force."
- pushmouse, on 12/18/2007, -0/+17war cry of the ignorant.
- ilves7, on 12/18/2007, -0/+16We should build a electric fence to keep the black holes out and keep separate bathrooms for them so they don't suck up all our toilet paper.
- dailyapplecrisp, on 12/18/2007, -0/+16well maybe it IS the Death Star, considering it happened millions of years ago...you know... a long time ago in a galaxy far far away
- guyro, on 12/18/2007, -10/+26Fascinating. Where is Luke Skywalker when we need him?
- tman84, on 12/18/2007, -1/+16your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side
- buckrogers1965, on 12/18/2007, -1/+15I love how you just copy and pasted the relevant part of the article as an answer for someone that can't RTFA. *L*
- MCMLXXXII, on 12/18/2007, -1/+14Chuck Norris facts were never funny and even more now ever since Huckabee started using them.
- 4degrees, on 12/18/2007, -1/+14i wonder how many civilizations were just wiped out by this event...
- maexus, on 12/18/2007, -1/+13Science. It works bitches!
- Psychlone, on 12/18/2007, -1/+13Dugg for "super massive black hole."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermassive_Black_Ho ... - huggybarrel, on 12/18/2007, -0/+12Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one that picked up on this. I think Muse might know more than we think.
- Arcesius, on 12/18/2007, -1/+13***** it. Let's all just re-enact Star Wars for the next several hours.
- h3lx, on 12/18/2007, -0/+11Distance is measured by monitoring the amount of degradation of color through the the spectrum. Various methods of calculating AU distance exist.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/d ...
The more you know... - Broman, on 12/18/2007, -0/+11I'm curious as to how many users had to either look up a script or pop a movie in to make these SW references. I'd say it's prolly a 7:1 memory/look-up ratio....yeah.
- trogdorBURN, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10Question: Which type of bear is best?
- sindex, on 12/18/2007, -0/+9Right. Because the jury's still out on science...
- voyvf, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8larger picture available here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimed ...
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