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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 07:44 PM
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Huge star explodes in brightest supernova yet seen
Edited on Mon May-07-07 07:45 PM by LoZoccolo
In today's news:

A gargantuan explosion ripped apart a star perhaps 150 times more massive than our sun in a relatively nearby galaxy in the most powerful and brightest supernova ever observed, astronomers said on Monday.

I can think of a song to commemorate this cosmic event:

Someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqPqDuaYlxQ

I cannot recall the Beatles ever writing a song about an event of this magnitude, can you?

Score one for Oasis.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 07:48 PM
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1. Wait, so you're telling me that the huge Benefit Concert for Mr. Kite I went to last year....
Edited on Mon May-07-07 07:50 PM by JVS
never really happened? Because that concert was HUGH!1!!!!!11!!! They even had a circus tent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_JuAI2qQo
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 08:02 PM
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2. I didn't think it was possible to ruin a supernova until now.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 08:03 PM
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3. snort
:rofl:
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-08-07 05:45 AM
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6. lol!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 10:47 PM
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4. You, sir, are tenacious...
Edited on Mon May-07-07 10:50 PM by RetroLounge
:rofl:

But I score one for Liz Phair, too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTv_zkPVcEM

RL
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-07-07 11:58 PM
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5. That's not exactly true
about its being the brightest ever seen.

The supernova that created the Crab Nebula was visible in daylight and was recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054.
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