Cosmic Explosion Comes From Nowhere

Astronomers have been baffled by an explosion, usually caused by the death of a massive star, only thing is, it occurred thousands of light-years from the nearest cluster of stars.

The blast, one of the brightest this year, was detected by spacecraft from the Inter-Planetary Network on Jan. 25 and satellites were used to pinpoint its location to a region of the sky in the constellation Gemini.

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One of the biggest this year and yet we have no idea where it came from.


Roswell.

Isn't it cool when that happens? I love it when black holes reach mass density and the process reverses itself! But wow! Out of thin ether?

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!

GRB 070125.... that sounds familiar...

Edit to add: Oh.. look at the date of the OP. Now I remember.
Intergalactic 'shot in the dark' shocks astronomers

[edit on 16-1-2008 by Beachcoma]

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Nice spot, Roswell1 Lucky for us it was a helluva long way away *phew*

Always nice to know ATS'ers are keeping an eye on stuff a long way away which could hurt us