| 4/24/2008 9:14:54 AM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
skunkbreath
Saint James, MO
age: 89
| Dan Evans: "What we were looking at was a really extraordinary act of violence by a black hole. We saw two galaxies, each of which were in the process of merging with one another, so they were kind of doing a dance around each other, each of which hosted powerful super massive black holes. And it turns out that one of these galaxies hosts a very, very powerful jet that emanates from the black hole and shoots out extraordinarily powerful jets of particles. Now these jets normally are like pencil beams, they propagate out for millions of light-years and transport huge amounts of energy. But the unusual thing about the Death Star was that right down the barrel of the gun, right down the line of sight of the jet was this companion galaxy, this other galaxy. So the jet came out of one black hole, smashed into the side of the other before flaring out much like water in a fire hose. So you can imagine yourself sitting on that other galaxy and being blasted by this deadly death ray of particles.
-Jets are composed of particles and photons, particles of light that is. So there are two major effects that we considered when we were doing this study; one is the effects of the particles bombarding the atmosphere of a planet in that companion galaxy, and it turns out that that has a pretty significant effect. But the major effect is that these jets are immense sources of gamma-rays, and these gamma-rays act as a catalyst in the destruction of ozone. So of course by destroying parts of the ozone that leaves the atmosphere open to far more radiation in terms of X-ray and gamma-rays, and so you can just imagine the contents of that planet being fried."
complete transcript:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2008/2221284.htm#transcript
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| 4/24/2008 9:53:54 AM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
deserted
Arlington, TX
age: 42
| I heard something about 3c321 the "Death Star Galaxy". A partical beam of light destroying anything in it's path. Gets to deep to quick for me.
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| 4/24/2008 12:57:24 PM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
skunkbreath
Saint James, MO
age: 89
| This may be the same deathstar that they are talking about....the transcript of the radio program is all in layman's language...
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| 4/24/2008 4:06:32 PM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
rich101
Lillington, NC
age: 52
| Heck the rate we are going we are apt to do that to ourselves.   
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| 4/24/2008 5:10:17 PM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
lady_bug_honey
Rural Retreat, VA
age: 56
| But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, for they are spiritually decerned.
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| 4/24/2008 6:47:15 PM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
queenofhearts61
Seymour, IN
age: 62
| Is that the only thought you are able to articulate Bug?
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| 4/24/2008 7:05:14 PM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
lady_bug_honey
Rural Retreat, VA
age: 56
| God said that in his word. And I believe what the Holy Spirit says. No one can understand without decernment and we have to believe that Jesus laid down his life for us to get understanding. The just shall live by faith.
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| 4/24/2008 11:40:22 PM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
deserted
Arlington, TX
age: 42
| Just ran acrossed this
Hubble image of Arp 148 is the staggering aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tailed companion. The collision between the two parent galaxies produced a shockwave effect that first drew matter into the center and then caused it to propagate outwards in a ring. The elongated companion perpendicular to the ring suggests that Arp 148 is a unique snapshot of an ongoing collision. Infrared observations reveal a strong obscuration region that appears as a dark dust lane across the nucleus in optical light. Arp 148 is nicknamed 'Mayall's object' and is located in the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, approximately 500 million light-years away. This interacting pair of galaxies is included in Arp's catalog of peculiar galaxies as number 148. This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on the occasion of its 18th anniversary on April 24, 2008.
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| 4/25/2008 9:24:27 AM | Wrath of god?or just a mean machine? | |
skunkbreath
Saint James, MO
age: 89
| deserted, thanks for pic....awesome!
Have you noticed that the most ignorant and superstitious who put down science are very
quick to accept the products of that work be it technology or medicine?..All the while
blathering about having a special relationship with a parasitic being that gives them
special powers of knowledge and healing. I do feel pity for them, but as i would be
cautious of a rattlesnake, not get too close to their poisonous theology.
[Edited 4/25/2008 9:26:16 AM]
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