Submitted by The_R3venant t3_yi2hl0 in space
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rondonjon t1_iugwkbv wrote
This article has an excellent before and after image. It blows my mind that the before image is the light from the galaxy with the after image just the light from a single star exploding in that galaxy. Or perhaps it’s just the afterglow. Either way that is 2B ly away. Crazy.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/boat-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-supernova
Gin-ginna t1_iugx59h wrote
I can feel all my responsibilities slip away as I drift into comfort, knowing my life if fucking miniscule and insignificant compared to what goes on in the cosmos.
I love space
WillowWispFlame t1_iugxj7h wrote
I love that they are calling it the BOAT - Brightest of all Time.
rondonjon t1_iui63w4 wrote
Well, don’t get too comfortable. You still need to eat!
CatharticFarts t1_iujxjtv wrote
Yes but then begs the question "what are we really supposed to do with our seemingly insignificant blip of an existence? what's the point?"
Strange-Ad1209 t1_iugvyha wrote
Luckily Earth is far enough away that it required sensitive instruments to detect it. That kind of energy blasted towards Earth within our own Galaxy would be fatal to all life right down to bacteria deep in caverns.