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Occurring only 630 million years after the Big Bang, GRB 090423 detonated so early that astronomers had no direct evidence that anything explodable even existed back then. The faint infrared afterglow of GRB 090423 was recovered by large ground telescopes within minutes of being discovered. The afterglow is circled in the above picture taken by [...]

Turns out they found something, and no one knows what it is. You could read the article. But frankly, the best part of this news, are the people tossing out ideas as to what it is.
Here are a few choice ideas:

“Perhaps it was a Glint in the Eye of the Creator.”
“maby it was [...]

Well, not exactly…

but it’s fun to say. Check the article

Discovery channel sponsored a contest for video shorts describing string theory. Here is the winner.

Who would have thought, 2 minutes and with a rubber ducky. I love it.

When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.

http://news.yahoo.com
Awesome. We’ve come so far, so quickly. And in other 50, we’ll have gone to [...]

“A major research institution has announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science – “governmentium.” It has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons and 111 assistant deputy neutrons for an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons that are further surrounded by vast [...]