Archive for the 'space' Category

Oldest object ever observed

Apr 29th 2009science & space

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 [...]

Hubble Finds a Mystery Object

Sep 15th 2008funny & science & space

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 [...]

Star eats neighbor star and burps a planet.

Feb 11th 2008science & space

Well, not exactly…

but it’s fun to say. Check the article