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Doesn't the sun give off gamma rays?
Gee, the sun has been doing this for how long now?
we are being hit by even more gamma rays than usual?
Originally posted by gatorboi117
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"Wow."
That's how Princeton astrophysicist David Spergel summed up the news that will be published Wednesday in The Astrophysical Journal.
Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope said they discovered two bubbles of energy erupting from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The bubbles extend 25,000 light years up and down from each side of the galaxy and contain the energy equivalent of 100,000 supernova explosions.
As one other poster stated. If we are able to see it then the energy has already reached us or isnt far behind. As far as I know nothing travels faster than the speed of light, at least according to Einstein. Please correct me if im wrong.
Im sorry but I think you are wrong on your time table bud. If we are seeing this now, that is because the gammas and xrays have traveled that far for us to see. This event could have occurred thousands of years ago. Doesnt gamma and xrays have to obide by the same laws of relativity as does light and travel? Please correct me if im wrong.
Original Article
Well, dang. Don't know what to think about this one.
I know that it will take thousands of years for this energy to reach us, but will it have any effect on us when it reaches us? Is there a possibilty of short-term effects somehow? (Short-term, as in only a couple thousand years. We're talking space here.)
Anyway, interesting article for sure! Be sure to read the whole thing.
Originally posted by loveguy
I wonder what telescope/camera produced this photo of this phenomena?
Do we have anything that can view us from that perspective?
Voyagers 1 & 2 are barely reaching the outer edges of our solar system?
I don't know where Cassini is.
This photo is CGI?
Anybody wanna clue me in?
It is awfully pretty though.