Lonan3 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 A “Death Star galaxy”, in which a powerful jet from a supermassive black hole is blasting thousands if not millions of planets, has been spotted by astronomers for the first time. In a display of cosmic violence that has never been seen before, the jet of radiation is pummelling a small nearby galaxy, likely damaging or even destroying any planets that might lie in its path. The event may, however, be an example of the Universe’s capacity for creative destruction: astronomers think that a fresh burst of star formation is likely to be triggered as a result. The remarkable fate of part of galaxy 3C321, which lies 1.4 billion light years away in the constellation of Serpens, has been captured using three of Nasa’s orbiting telescopes as well as two ground-based observatories. LINK TO STORY (Either that, or Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz is building another bypass!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 It could be Ming the Merciless too. He may have moved up a peg or two since only being able to cause freak weather back in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Puts the energy crisis into perspective when there's forces in the universe strong enough to swollow planets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Forget wind turbines, we just need to harness the power from one of these supermassive black holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Forget wind turbines, we just need to harness the power from one of these supermassive black holes. Rumour has it they are already working on such a super-dense black hole to generate power here now - apparently some scientist came up with the idea after dropping his daughter off at a Spice Girls concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Forget wind turbines, we just need to harness the power from one of these supermassive black holes. Yoinks! Meddling with atoms is bad enough when it goes wrong, can you imagine this 'breaking'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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