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    The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion

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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion
    Annalee my fave postings Space Porn.
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    Image of nbsp nbsp
    11/25/09

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    I think you'll find that this is actually an area that will come to be known as the "Eye of Terror", it's where the Warp merges with our reality.
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    Image of Nuthouse Nuthouse
    11/25/09

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    Does any one else see an "eye" in the middle of the blue cloud???
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/25/09

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    And another search for the Higgs Boson ends in tragedy.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion
    The Hubble version of this was my wallpaper for quite some time.
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    Image of lucife lucife
    11/25/09

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    "which - isn't there a Doctor Who story called Maw In Space? Maybe I'm just on crack"

    you are on crack. but i'd watch that.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/25/09

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    Wow. I just find it amazingly cool that this picture looks like something that should be a clip from the latest Star Trek film, but it's actually real. I wanna be an astronomer!
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/25/09

    @TotalFanGirl: 'real' is something of a misnomer here. x-rays dont have a color since they're not in the visable specturm. astronomy put the data together that made this picture possible but it took an artisit to put it togehter in this form.
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide: I know the color is an artist's work and although it adds to the beauty of the image, it's just the idea of seeing that something this amazing in design alone exists that makes me love it! Although it's enhanced, at it's core is something real, not imagined entirely in someone's mind.
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/25/09

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    I can't see these kind of images and think, 'Yeah, that just happened." I can't.
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    11/25/09

    @Friedhamster: i can't see these kind of images and think, "yeah, this is all just one giagantic test to see if i'm worth spending time with." i can't.
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    11/25/09

    @tetracycloide: Different boats.

    #speakup
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    Image of valenoffw valenoffw
    11/25/09

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    Don't you see? It's an incoming jump gate!
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/25/09

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    Space is so stunningly beautiful that i find it hard to believe we as a species isn't more willing to do whatever it takes to get out among the stars. And I am talking interstellar travel not going to the Moon and Mars.
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    Image of phiranaplant phiranaplant
    11/25/09

    @Makidian: I agree, however most of the time the pictures that are shown is not a representation of what it would look like with the naked eye, which saddens me...

    Where can I get eyes that see IR and x-ray?
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/25/09

    @phiranaplant: The solution to both dilemmas is, of course, uploading our consciousness into eternal android bodies (at least until our consciousness is able to transcend a physical host).

    Then we can fly to the stars, taking as long as we like, and see this stuff in all it's composite-spectrum glory!
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    Image of phiranaplant phiranaplant
    11/25/09

    @comrade_leviathan: Yes... thats a solution! Sign me up. Either this or x-ray eyes (+IR). :)
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/25/09

    @phiranaplant: Oh I know that but even still to look at it with our own eyes or with some contacts that can switch between the spectrum(s). I find the need to elaborate specifics in a community that understands these things without explanation kind of useless and it just goes without saying. One of my favorite parts of the end of BSG is when Cavil is going on about how much he hates being in a human body with eyes that can't see the true majesty of the universe. I feel that way also and detest being stuck on this planet at times.

    @comrade_leviathan: I'm actually okay with that idea, and if that android body had and FTL drive in it that wouldn't rip you apart when activated I would be completely okay floating aimlessly through space and jumping to other place on the fly. @phiranaplant: Oh I know that but even still to look at it with our own eyes or with some contacts that can switch between the spectrum(s).
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/25/09

    @Makidian: So here's how you fix the FTL issue in a completely grounded manner: speed up your android internal chronometer.

    HINT: Slow it down when you get to your destination!
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    Image of tonilost tonilost
    11/25/09

    @Makidian: the money goes to defense not traveling, most of us are small minded humans.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/25/09

    @tonilost: I know it's tragic. Really there are just too many of us and too many variations with wildly different ideals. If only our want and need for exploration hadn't ended with conquering most of the land mass on Earth had carried us into a want and need to explore the universe instead of a want and need to conquer the land someone else had.
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    Image of Elorin Elorin
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion
    The Crab Nebula is so gorgeous! I had a photo of it in orangetones on my desktop as background until I saw this and swapped oranges for purples.

    If you like this, you may enjoy NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day. The photos aren't breathtaking every single day, but often enough to make it worth a click through.

    [apod.nasa.gov]
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    Image of SnehalMarten SnehalMarten
    11/25/09

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    EXCUSE ME BUT THAT ISN'T a WHITE DWARF. IT'S A NEUTRON STAR/PULSAR. Two very different entities
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Clearest View Yet Of A 1,000 Year Old Explosion
    Any demon or ruler of Hell or any other significant underworld reading io9 who'd like to trade my immortal soul for an FTL ship, please let me know.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/25/09

    @Lassus: If I had one wish it would be to exist outside of space and time so I could travel through it freely and go wherever I wanted without fear of anything. I would give my immortal soul for that as well, so at least you don't have to feel bad for wanting to sell your soul to travel through space.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/25/09

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    Is that goatse in space? :(
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    Image of Dexomega Dexomega
    11/25/09

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    That almost looks shopped. Almost...
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    11/25/09

    @Dexomega: *takes out sack of door knobs*
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