The most distant object you’ve ever seen
. . .has now been detected by astronomers: a gamma ray burst from a star that collapsed 95% of the age of the universe ago. . .almost 13.7 billion years. Nothing more distant has ever been spotted—nor has a higher redshift (8.2). This is the kind of thing that gives me a twinge of regret at confining my science fiction to the Earth-Moon system. Sure, you can get up to a lot of fun within it, particularly if you leverage those libration points. But there are times I miss the rest of the Universe. . .
“Chains of logic so far gone they’ve done the redshift.” –Stephan Lynx
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Tags: Astronomy, astrophysics, gamma ray
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
You could always write a short story *smile*
I for one would gobble up a story about an ancient dying star.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Who knows? Maybe space opera’s next for me. : )