Observatory detects record burst

Observatory detects record burst

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The Swift space telescope has detected a gamma-ray burst some 12.8 billion light-years from Earth - a record.

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More and more Big bangs being reported all the time it seems though this one happened some millions of years ago.

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[edit on 21-9-2008 by StarTraveller]

Originally posted by StarTraveller
More and more Big bangs being reported all the time it seems though this one happened some millions of years ago.

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[edit on 21-9-2008 by StarTraveller]

Or maybe 12.8 BILLION years ago.

reply to post by MBF


Yeah, I was about to mention that, but whatever, easy mistake to make when there's so many other topics to get back to recently.

12.8 Billion years ago, this explosion occurred.
But, seeing as the technology level we are at still restricts us immensely, the ability to observe something at 12.8 billion light years distance, is incredible.

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There is just an information overload. We have a hard time picking through all of it to find what is relevant. And when you have dial-up, it takes a loooooooooong time. You are right, finding something that far away IS incredible.