Death Star Galaxy

[johngeh]

I am confused at the "time" of the event. The article states it started 1,000,000 years ago and is 1.4billion light years away. Wouldn't the evidence it is occuring have taken at least 1.4 billion years to get to us?

 

[pyoko]

The million year number is a guess by scientists, based from what they know about such things. It says so in the article. <br /><br />Perhaps someone who knows more about it can elaborate what previous information and theories they used in order to arrive at this guess of 1 000 000 years. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color:#ff9900" class="Apple-style-span">-pyoko</span> <span style="color:#333333" class="Apple-style-span">the</span> <span style="color:#339966" class="Apple-style-span">duck </span></p><p><span style="color:#339966" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#808080;font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.</span></span></p> </div>

 

[bearack]

I see your delima..... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><img id="06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/6/14/06322a8d-f18d-4ab1-8ea7-150275a4cb53.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" /></p> </div>

 

[weeman]

I'm not sure what ya'll are talking about. Can anyone give me the link to the article? Am I just dumb, or misinformed!? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[themage]

Dont feel bad weeman, I felt the same way when I opened this thread (and still do) <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />.

 

[johngeh]

It is an article on space.com http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/071217-death-star-galaxy.html

 

[MeteorWayne]

There is a thread in Space Science and Astronomy discussing the story in more detail. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[brigandier]

Hmm... that really IS an interesting point you bring up.

 

[brigandier]

Which thread would you be referring to? I looked in the thread list and couldn't find it

 

[MeteorWayne]

<br />Galaxy fires powerful particle beam at neighbour<br /><br />I think it belongs in SS&A rather than AtA. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[johngeh]

An answer is posted on SS&A under the thread "Galaxy fires powerful particle beam at neighbour".

 

[weeman]

Thanks for the article link. Now I know that much more about the universe <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[oklahoman]

I do not understand how it happens. Is this a process that can be replicated somehow in a lab? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

Black hole 'bully' blasts galaxy <br />By Paul Rincon <br />Science reporter, BBC News <br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7148671.stm<br /><br /> <br />A powerful jet of particles from a "supermassive" black hole has been seen blasting a nearby galaxy, according to the US space agency (Nasa). <br /><br />Galaxies have been seen colliding before, but this form of galactic violence is rarely witnessed by astronomers. <br /><br />The jet could have a profound <br /> <br />

 

[weeman]

hmmm....oklahoman is really just alokmohan, scrambled.<br />no wait....alokmohan is really just oklahoman, scrambled.<br /><br />well now I'm just confused <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

The galaxy at stake.

 

[oklahoman]

I bet alokmohan is not from Oklahoma, though. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

You win the bet.

 

[majornature]

<font color="yellow">hmmm....oklahoman is really just alokmohan, scrambled. <br />no wait....alokmohan is really just oklahoman, scrambled.</font><br /><br /><br />Hmph. I thought the same thing!!<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="2" color="#14ea50"><strong><font size="1">We are born.  We live.  We experiment.  We rot.  We die.  and the whole process starts all over again!  Imagine That!</font><br /><br /><br /><img id="6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264" style="width:176px;height:247px" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/4/6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" width="276" height="440" /><br /></strong></font> </div>