So every now and again I go off looking at what other cool stuff is going on and I now feel a bit humbled again ... ... ..... Stunning Gamma Ray Burst Explosion Detected Halfway Across Universe
"Later that evening, the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas measured the burst's redshift at 0. 94. A redshift is a measure of the distance to an object. A redshift of 0. 94 translates into a distance of 7. 5 billion light years, meaning the explosion took place 7. 5 billion years ago, a time when the universe was less than half its current age and Earth had yet to form. "
How flippin cool is it that WE ARE PUNY! Ha the star went pop 7. 5B (B as in BILLION) YEARS ago. Hell I worry about when the next time I will see the TV remote again as I lost it 2 days ago.
"Later that evening, the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas measured the burst's redshift at 0. 94. A redshift is a measure of the distance to an object. A redshift of 0. 94 translates into a distance of 7. 5 billion light years, meaning the explosion took place 7. 5 billion years ago, a time when the universe was less than half its current age and Earth had yet to form. "
How flippin cool is it that WE ARE PUNY! Ha the star went pop 7. 5B (B as in BILLION) YEARS ago. Hell I worry about when the next time I will see the TV remote again as I lost it 2 days ago.