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That's awesome. Separation Jul 2016 #1
We are born of this star dust...humbling thought. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #2
True story GummyBearz Jul 2016 #9
K&R JohnnyRingo Jul 2016 #3
If we CAPTURED it.... Night Watchman Jul 2016 #4
Alerting. This is not Late Breaking News! JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2016 #5
Isn't it amazing that something that happened so long ago is just now reaching us NWCorona Jul 2016 #13
heheheh you made me laugh. PersonNumber503602 Jul 2016 #18
The good news is that star came out the other side no worse for wear... Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #6
What I don't understand: bvar22 Jul 2016 #7
From what I understand Separation Jul 2016 #8
To put in into a somewhat more human and familiar scale, imagine a meteor hurtling towards Earth. cemaphonic Jul 2016 #10
Quantum mechanics stimulates that if a reaction is possible the opposite is also possible NWCorona Jul 2016 #15
Didn't this happen like 7,000,000 years ago? rug Jul 2016 #11
It-the event- is taking 3.9 billion years for its light to travel to earth. I do not riversedge Jul 2016 #12
Heh, in astronomical tems it's still LBN. rug Jul 2016 #19
Clever! riversedge Jul 2016 #20
wonder if black holes burp after dining. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #14
Supposedly the upper limit is 10 billion times the mass of the sun. NWCorona Jul 2016 #16
the thing about the big bang that always confused me ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #17
Light Can't Escape From Black Holes november3rd Jul 2016 #21
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